I had a junky China-made one that I bought many years ago. It also lost much of it's pulling power so I popped off the drive pins that hold the front cover plate. Nothing to it...just a simple large bar magnet rotated by a fork on the back end of that plastic lever.
I believe the magnet can be re-magnetized by wrapping a wire around it and energizing the wire. Not sure, Google is your friend. I just tossed the whole thing and bought a Starrett.
That one is worth fixing if possible because of the build quality. I'd bet that lever is chrome-plated brass!
I believe the magnet can be re-magnetized by wrapping a wire around it and energizing the wire. Not sure, Google is your friend. I just tossed the whole thing and bought a Starrett.
That one is worth fixing if possible because of the build quality. I'd bet that lever is chrome-plated brass!