A cheap and Geeky Boat hack for your Seat backs!
Okay, I'm a geek, I freely admit that. One thing I have accumulated over the years as a computer network administrator and technician is an abundance of old Hard Drives. I just never wanted to throw them out, even though they had failed or been replaced with bigger faster ones... now I know why! I have always liked taking things apart... even when I was very young. My mom tells a story of how I took apart a crib, with no tools, while my younger sister was sleeping in it . .. but that's a story for another day. I found I had the specialized driver bit for removing the star drive screws that hold the hard drives together. I found two useful things in there - Magnets and Platters. There are two powerful Magnets in each drive, and between 2 to four platters. I have figured a way to use both of these in my boat... This post focuses on using the magnets. This post focuses on using the Magnets that control the movement of the drive head (like the needle on a Record Pla