Deep South Divers
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...So I'm in Lowe's last night looking for stainless steel hardware for a project I'm doing, when I get bonked in the head with what looks like a broom handle.
Turns out, they sell what they call a "bolt magnet." Essentially, it's a very strong magnet on what is basically a broom handle. If you drop a load of nuts and bolts, you can use it to "sweep" up the steel nuts and bolts. To display it, they hung it from one of their shelving units right above the nuts and bolts drawers and I ran smack into it.
...Anyway, it got me thinking:
1. This thing has a ridiculously strong magnet on it, and it's retail price is $14. Has anyone thought of bolting a tank rack to this kind of magnet so that it'd hold scuba tanks - without having to drill the bed of your truck? I've seen the suction cup style, but my truck's bed is sprayed with bedliner.
2. Has anyone used magnets like this in place of straps or bungees to hold steel scuba tanks? Steel scuba tanks will hold a magnet, right? Why not get creative and ditch the strap thing?
3. Anyone decorating their steel scuba tanks with refrigerator magnets? Seems like a natural progression for the average scuba diver. None of us takes themselves real seriously anyway.
Turns out, they sell what they call a "bolt magnet." Essentially, it's a very strong magnet on what is basically a broom handle. If you drop a load of nuts and bolts, you can use it to "sweep" up the steel nuts and bolts. To display it, they hung it from one of their shelving units right above the nuts and bolts drawers and I ran smack into it.
...Anyway, it got me thinking:
1. This thing has a ridiculously strong magnet on it, and it's retail price is $14. Has anyone thought of bolting a tank rack to this kind of magnet so that it'd hold scuba tanks - without having to drill the bed of your truck? I've seen the suction cup style, but my truck's bed is sprayed with bedliner.
2. Has anyone used magnets like this in place of straps or bungees to hold steel scuba tanks? Steel scuba tanks will hold a magnet, right? Why not get creative and ditch the strap thing?
3. Anyone decorating their steel scuba tanks with refrigerator magnets? Seems like a natural progression for the average scuba diver. None of us takes themselves real seriously anyway.