Rare earth magnets

[robcoombs]

Just wondering if anyone has a couple of spare rare earth magnets from building a stir plate that I could buy? I ordered some from eBay a month ago and it's still saying it's going to be another month before they get here.  I already have everything else I need.

[jamie_savoie]

I think I bought mine at home hardeware.  it was like 5$ if I remember right

[robcoombs]

Perfect. Thanks

[Roger]

If you can get your hands on an old hard drive you can harvest a couple magnets from it. That's what I did. I got 2 one for each stir plate. 

[brew]

I have an extra magnet or 2 you can use. I use hard drive magnets also...

[jeffsmith]

Lee Valley also sells them in large lots for a pretty reasonable price.

[Roger]

You can get them on eBay as well. Cheep and free shipping you just need to wait a couple weeks.

[robcoombs]

Thanks @brew I took @roger advice and harvested some from an old hard drive. The magnets from ebay did finally arrive after 6 weeks, though they are too small. I will probably build one more stire plate, the fan speed controller I bought on ebay was a dud so I just have the fan direct wired to a 5W power source. It works, but its a bit of a PITA to get the stir bar spinning.

[robcoombs]

Thanks @jeffsmith that site is a good resource to order more when I need them.