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Unread 06-03-2011, 20:44
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Re: Mini-Bot Mangets

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Originally Posted by philso View Post
We got two off intact when I found an industrial heat gun at work. It took about two minutes of heating on high. The magnet shifting with a gentle tap means that the glue has been sufficiently weakened. The magnet can then be removed when cool (as my son found out).

Hope that helps.
Make sure you don't overheat the magnet.

Overheating a magnet makes it turn from a cool magic hunk of metal into a useless hunk of metal.