Source for Neo Magnets

[anatolewilson]

Hello folks, I'm going to be building a big diameter wheel motor and was shocked to see how much 6ft of magnets would cost, like $1000.
I'm wondering what used part source I could scavenge the magnets from, Prius rotors come to mind, anyone strip them out of the rotors?
Any other ideas?

[Romale]

hello! previously, I often made homemade bldc motors, and I always used magnets from the prius gen2 rotor. this is the best source in terms of price/quality ratio. there are 32 of them in one rotor. The size is approximately 40x18x6.5. Good luck!

[uhi22]

Do you have pictures how they are arranged originally, how you get them out and how the self-made situation looks like? I'm just curious