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I just bought a storm raven and I want to magnetize it but I don't know how to go about doing it. Does anyone know of any good tutorials or videos to show me how to do it? Where do I buy the magnets from?

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K&J magnetics has a great selection of magnets in all kinds of sizes.

http://www.kjmagnetics.com/

I don't know of any tutorials, but to magnetize a Stormraven I did on commission, I used 1/8th inch disc magnets and a 1/8th inch drill bit in a pin vise, drilled out my holes to the appropriate depth and shoved the magnet in. It's a pretty tight fit, just make sure you check your polarities.

http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D21

As a note, don't magnetize the hurricane bolters, that's more trouble than it's worth.

Here's a link to a blog with a decent explanation of how to manetize:

http://thereisonlywar.blogspot.com/2011/01/double-update-dreadnought-and.html

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