{"id":3807,"date":"2015-03-22T06:44:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T11:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2015-03-22T06:46:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T11:46:27","slug":"diy-magnetic-bit-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/22\/diy-magnetic-bit-holder\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Magnetic Bit Holder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-3808 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/drillMagBitHolder-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Magnetic Drill Bit Holder\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I often need more than one bit when using drills\/drivers for my projects. \u00a0The next question is often &#8220;where&#8217;s this bit, and where&#8217;s that bit&#8221;&#8230; \u00a0 There&#8217;s a simple solution &#8211; use a magnet to stick the bits directly to the drill\/screwdriver. \u00a0Although this idea is not new, I&#8217;ve been using it for years now and thought I would share it. \u00a0 All you have to do is pick-up \u00a0some nickel-sized (approx 20mm) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.banggood.com\/10pcs-20mm-x-2mm-Disc-Rare-Earth-Neodymium-Super-strong-Magnets-N35-p-918979.html?p=R90804949020201412E4\" target=\"_blank\">neodymium \u00a0magnets<\/a> and glue them somewhere on your drill. \u00a0Usually one magnet can hold 3-4 bits and they hold well &#8211; even if you are shaking \/ jolting the drill \/ driver. \u00a0If you need more strength, just glue 2 magnets on top of each other. \u00a0 These things have a lot of holding power.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0[ad name=&#8221;GoogleAS728x90ImgOnly&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>This idea has been around for some time, but it&#8217;s surprising how many manufacturers have not caught onto the idea of magnetically holding bits to the driver in some way. \u00a0Some are catching on and offering solutions varying from magetic bit inserts to others that have a bit holder on-board that you slide the bits into. \u00a0However, this solution works fine. \u00a0It also works great when you are on a ladder putting up lights or ceiling fans and you need access to more than one bit while holding the driver.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3811  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DrillMagnet-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"DrillMagnet\" width=\"100\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DrillMagnet-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DrillMagnet.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3809 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/drillMagBitHolderAni.gif\" alt=\"Magnetic Drill Bit Holder Animated\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often need more than one bit when using drills\/drivers for my projects. \u00a0The next question is often &#8220;where&#8217;s this bit, and where&#8217;s that bit&#8221;&#8230; \u00a0 There&#8217;s a simple solution &#8211; use a magnet to stick the bits directly to the drill\/screwdriver. \u00a0Although this idea is not new, I&#8217;ve been using it for years now and thought I would share it. \u00a0 All you have to do is pick-up \u00a0some nickel-sized (approx 20mm) neodymium \u00a0magnets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/22\/diy-magnetic-bit-holder\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[115,51,114,113],"class_list":["post-3807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dyihacks","tag-bit-holder","tag-diy","tag-drill","tag-magnet","has_thumb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/drillMagBitHolder.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pK41j-Zp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plastibots.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}