eric.battani
Well-Known Member
So I'm sure most of you have seen a magnetic stirrer before. Well I finally decided to try my hand at building one. Which was surprisingly easy to make. Hardest part I would say for me was digging around in my Rubbermaid tote of "miscellaneous items" for parts.
For starters I had to order the lab grade magnetic stirrer and neodymium magnets. Here is a link for both items. I spent just a little over $20 but I have enough magnets to make 15 or more.
https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Sti..._desktop?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref=yo_pop_d_pd
https://www.amazon.com/Neodymium-re..._desktop?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref=yo_pop_d_pd
So after digging in the fish stuff box I found a fan from when I changed out the fans in my metal halide fixture. The old ones still worked, it was just getting loud from age.
I glued two magnets in the center of the fan with opposite poles facing up. For glue I used gorilla glue gel.
Then while the glue was drying, I found a small hobby type box that was made of thin plastic. The sticker that was on it still needs cleaned off better, but for now, it's fine.
I drilled holes in the box so I could secure the fan inside the box
You can tell the fan had some long years of use.
The stirrer bars that I bought will actually fit inside a red sea test bottle.
Now I made this last night in about 15 minutes. But it was late, so I never did make any videos while testing water parameters. I intend to make some and up load them to YouTube later, then post a link here.
For starters I had to order the lab grade magnetic stirrer and neodymium magnets. Here is a link for both items. I spent just a little over $20 but I have enough magnets to make 15 or more.
https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Sti..._desktop?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref=yo_pop_d_pd
https://www.amazon.com/Neodymium-re..._desktop?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref=yo_pop_d_pd
So after digging in the fish stuff box I found a fan from when I changed out the fans in my metal halide fixture. The old ones still worked, it was just getting loud from age.
I glued two magnets in the center of the fan with opposite poles facing up. For glue I used gorilla glue gel.
Then while the glue was drying, I found a small hobby type box that was made of thin plastic. The sticker that was on it still needs cleaned off better, but for now, it's fine.
I drilled holes in the box so I could secure the fan inside the box
You can tell the fan had some long years of use.
The stirrer bars that I bought will actually fit inside a red sea test bottle.
Now I made this last night in about 15 minutes. But it was late, so I never did make any videos while testing water parameters. I intend to make some and up load them to YouTube later, then post a link here.
