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Hello,

I am currently trying to magnetise the hip joint of my contemptor drednought, but i am finding that there is no friction when it comes to the contact between the two magnets. This means that any weight on the waist would result in the model falling over, does anybody know how to overcome this? If so please let me know, this is my first time doing this and i cant find any tutorials showing me how to counteract this.

Thanks

Set a short pin in one surface with a matching hole in the other to keep the two planes from shearing. I think that will do what you want.

It isn't that it is shearing, its that there is no rotational grip on the magnet, so the joint just spins round in the socket with no friction. I cant figure out how any magnet would resolve this problem.

Could you try using two magnets next to each other?

sort of like

O O

where each O represents a magnet.

I follow you, but in doing that you would negate the idea of having a poseable magnetised leg, as it would only ever sit in one position. Does anybody on here make poseable legs? Im pretty sure iv'e seen people who have done this before. I feel like i'm just missing something really simple.


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here are two images to try and illustrate my problem.





Do i just need stringer magnets? if so could anybody recommend ones they would use?

Stronger magnets won't help. If you're lacking friction, then add friction. Use GS or plasticard or whatever to tighten the connecting surfaces, that is the holes and the peg on the legs. The magnets should be to keep stuff attached on the axis they're connected on, but rotationalwise you'll need friction.

Alternatively you can use a bunch of small magnets inside the hole and on the peg, to make the leg 'snap into place' rotationwise. Of course, it depends on the entire weight and balance of the dread, so you might need bigger than 2-3mm magnets.

If you want to get into really fancy solutions, then a spring with a metal ball (ballbearing) that's partially held inside the peg on the leg, then holes drilled into the hole on the hip for the ball to grab onto, instead of magnets.

I think the easiest would be to tighten up the hole enough that there's friction to hold the leg in place, helped by the magnet.

Cheers dude, thanks for the possible solutions, hopefully i can get it to work, i will let you know.