Our PC tear-down toolkits are sold here! store.gamersnexus.net/products/gamersnexus-tear-down-toolkit This is just a really simple guide to re-magnetizing screwdrivers. Over time, all magnetized screwdrivers will slowly lose their magnetism. This mostly happens from heavy use, wear-and-tear, or hard drops/bangs during use. It's very easy to re-magnetize them, though!
@@bhoot1702 yep that'll work, I've used 2.5" before, my Dead HDD's get pulled apart to be recycled & I use the magnets on the fridge, nothing falls off with them
@@NorroTaku almost any house hold has a magnet somewhere. There's no need to waste resources on this. Also I suspect most people watching this channel have at least one dead hard drive (the ones with spinning platters, no SSD) lying around somewhere and/or know how to get one easily. There are very strong magnets in a hard drive that you could repurpose.
@@stefanmisch5272 congrats on missing the point. " I suspect most people watching this channel have at least one " set of screwdrivers they tried before spending on the GN set. Many wont even know what the magnetiser is. A heck of a lot of people will already have one lying about custom made for the purpose - why waste resources on something else.
@@mycosys You sure its not you who missed the point? Having the magnets with the toolkit is just a waste of precious environment resources, given the hard disk magnets, to begin with, are some of the strongest magnets by density one can get.
My dad once did a complete tear down to a broken CRT monitor we had at home and the magnet inside were pulled for this and also as screw holder instead of using a cup. To this day it's still magnetic and we still use it for remagnetize screwdrivers at home. Also 0:23 thanks RU-vid CC. Very cool
@@elendilion and blaring pop music in the backround with sick dubstep beats and a random "subscribe" graphic popping up in the bottom middle of the video lol
Best way is to take a HDD magnet run it from the base on the metal shaft along all the way to the tip and pulling the tip off perpendicularly to the magnet Just doing this 4-10 times will leave the magnetized like never before The idea is to get the ferromagnetic metal ions to lay straight from one end to the other Because the driver has a handle you can’t go from end to end so go from as close to the handle as possible, magnet flat against it and run it right to the point and pull the driver off the magnet perpendicularly
You are expecting too much from society if even knowing the emergency call number becomes unlikely if young people don't watch crime shows anymore and their cell phone just has a button or such. I also think that "life hacks" are often mocking that kind of society that has no own thought. Sad-funny anecdote: A store I buy stuff from occasionally keeps including a branded fridge magnet in shipments, and they are all almost not magnetic at all, and I can only assume they are meant for fridges that have magnet fronts themselves. Also, due to the way those things are constructed, I cannot even deliberately magnetize them. If I pull one a couple times over a neodymium magnet, nothing changed, or it even lost the little magnetization it had.
When I was working as an Electronics Technician in a big shop that did work for an entire half of a province in Canada, we had a toroidal electromagnet unit that plugged into AC that we simply passed the tool through a few times and it powerfully magnetized it. We had to be careful with the unit or it would mess up tube TV convergence or pull the keys out of your pocket or the fillings out of your mouth. :)
For times when the screw falling into something would be a problem and I need a little more powerful magnetic screw driver I use a small rare earth magnet just stuck to the side of the driver and the screw is held very securely.
That GN Extras logo and intro is a nice touch to separate it from the main channel. Perhaps tint the Channel icon green to match would be a nice dash of uniformity?
Old HDD magnets are a good source for something suitable to do this... nice, strong neodymium magnets. The older the HDD, the better the magnets I've found
I love the green on the gn logo. Can you guys put it on patreon for a wallpaper? Edit: needles to say love the video. Glad to know how to remagnetize my gn toolkit.
you can also use a 9v battery and a long length of wire coiled around the driver, connecting one side of the wire to + and the other to -. this induces a magnetic field, and depending on how long its charged, can magnetize the driver.
If one is concerned about the finish of the tip, one could probably stick the end of the screwdriver in a thin roll of paper, the clipped end of a straw, or really any soft, thin, non-ferrous material. That'll move the abrasion surface away from the tip, but the magnetic field will still magnetize the driver. I don't bother with this -- I like my tools to look like they've seen some use -- but I know people this bothers greatly, so there's my $0.02. 👍️
You can also magnetize without using a magnet. Here is how: 1. Place your screwdriver on a solid surface, the tip should point north 2. Take a hammer and repeatedly hammer away at your screwdriver 3. Your screwdriver is now magnetized and most likely also broken 4. Get online and buy a new one from GN 👍
There's a tool for that. Got a couple from harbour fraught that i've been using for over a decade. Magnetizer on one side, demagnitizer on the other. Microwave magnets are awesome too. Or(THIS IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS) make a mag coil. Wire around driver, attach power source, 9v battery is sufficient, let sit for awhile(depending on power source) and done. There's other ways, such as a using a gutted electric motor, you can do this as well. Don't really agree with the nut drivers being non-magnetic. While it can be a PIA if the nut gets stuck, i'll take that over needing to fish a nut out of a case any day. Idea for the next iteration of the kit. Include a "Nut driver, nut extraction device"(aka, tweezers).
awesome! good info, thanks! you guys are like the most trusted people out there, would love if you could make some more guide videos, either here or the main channel. How to OC, How to stress test, those are just two off the top of my head, but stuff like that would be great! thanks again for all the content!
If you're wonder what causes them to lose their magnetism, it's working near other magnets. For computers that's usually hard drives, and maybe fans. On electric RC cars you have to remagnetize them pretty much any time you go near the motor.
Back in my old car audio days. I just used to take the screwdriver.. spiral some 14ga wire around the shaft , giggity, and then just tap the leads to a car battery real fast. Lasted forever. :) This is much safer.
I just use the magnets from failed Hard-drives whenever I need to magnetize I got a pretty big collection of them sticking on a box fan that sits in my work room Something your toolkit could reclaim.
I mean honestly speaking I think it is common practice to both de magnetize and magnetize screwdrivers as sometimes you actually will want to remove magnetization depending on what your working with.
I just leave a magnet on the tip of the screwdriver a couple of days. The most easy to find very powerful magnet is the one in the HDDs. Just tear down a HDD and take out the metal magnet that moves the heads.
I know and I love how deep and through you guys are with your reviews and videos in general, but damn, this 3 minutes video helps sooooo much more than the 20-30 minutes videos.
@@gnextras Well doh, captain obvious, hence my initial comment. Fact of the matter is this: short fast tips like these help much more vs 30 minutes videos (that we watch for a different reason).
@@dmariusg You could have made this comment with none of the filler words and it would have been over in ten percent of the length. Practice what you preach.
Dumb idea but. Compare and contrast your screwdriver kit with LTT stores. (Or collaboration video) I have yet to buy one and now I'm conflicted. As they both seem to sell out quite often. And trust.
If you want to go old school. Stick the shaft in the ground for 20 min. The earth is a giant magnet. Don't know if anyone actually wants to do this with new tools but I and many others have done it for years.
Rubberized magnet? Why so complicated? Just put any type of cloth over it during the act. And ideally drag it smoothly over, because concussion of hitting the magnet might counteract the magnetizing somewhat, since concussive force has a demagnetizing effect. As for the magnet itself, maybe the easiest way is to have a Seagate harddrive. Eventually you will have two neodymium magnets from that. (And you better put some thick cloth over it for magnetizing or it might turn into a workout and/or might cause bruises.)
Im sorry if this seems stupid, but would a magnetic screw driver mess up the data on a hard disk if left around/used to mount the drive? ive been using magnetic screw drivers to build computers, but use caution when mounting a hard disk with one... thus far I haven't noticed any problems on any of my computers related to hardware, or magnetic-related data loss, just wanted to know if I should stop
no it does not. Note that the hard drive itself contains a strong neodymium magnet already. To actually damage or erase a drive you need powerful electromagnets, a magnetized screwdriver is far too weak
my problem was I needed to demagnatize them because my coworker kept leaving them attached to neodymium magnets over the weekend and too close to the welder so they'd stick to the scrap metal I was smelting
