separating magnets

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Original poster: David Speck <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Dave,

If you want to separate your supermagnets, I'd suggest drilling two flat 
pieces of scrap pallet wood to snugly fit the circumferences of the 
magnets, and position them asymmetrically so you could use a bench vise to 
slide them apart across the plane of contact, sort of like a wooden pair of 
scissors.  You could use a loosely applied C-clamp or two to keep the wood 
pieces flat against each other during the process  .
Should work like a charm.

Dave Speck
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Yes, I have two 1.5" thk. x 4" dia. hockey puck sized N-48 neodymium
magnets that got stuck together and are now ONE 3" thk. x 4" dia. mag-
net!  Once they became "one" big magnet, I simply tightened a 4" hose
clamp around the seam where their surfaces meet, because I'm certainly
not going to be pulling these apart!