well there are electric and non-electric magnets. I used to borrow a small one from an old tool & die guy that would lift 2+ tons, but my loader will only do 1000# - it was eas to attach, and one handle lifted it off, kinda like the mag vices on a grinder. But there is also Plate Clamps and Plat...

Just another student of the trade from Northern (yep - that's a dam Yankee to you southerners) VA. Hobbyist doing tig, mig stick and plasma as well as CNC plasma cutting.