<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">It's happened to me too before =
and I thought it had something to with with certain screws that I had =
used the screwdriver on.<DIV>Good question!</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>:)<BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 11, =
2006, at 3:46 PM, Christopher Purdy wrote:</DIV><BR =
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: =
12.0px Helvetica">This is a bit off topic but an interesting question =
about tools.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I recently =
have found a couple of my screwdrivers had voluntarily become magnetized =
somehow.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I couldn't =
figure out why but my student says that dropping the tool can do it =
somehow.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>He can't defend =
his theory but says that either denting or the impact realigns the =
polarity somehow.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; =
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normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Is this true?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> =
</SPAN>Can someone confirm or deny this and explain how in terms a dummy =
like me can understand?</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; =
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normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: =
12.0px Helvetica">If this is true, is it possible to de-magnetize =
something?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>How would you =
do it, drop it again?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> =
</SPAN>How do you undrop something?</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
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