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Was looking around at various magnets for glueing to the bases of my tyranid models for carrying around on a medal plate or in a toolbox, and came across these on amazon.com

Rare Earth Disc Magnets 1/2" X 1/16" Neodymium N42 - Set of 100
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012ATDD2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1T24Q2YX26SWS

MyMagnetMan© (1/4" x 1/16" 80 Pcs. Disc Magnets)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQU60YU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2WOM254LCFKNF

Super Strong Neodymium Disc Craft Magnets 1/4 X 1/16 Inch N42 (Set of 100)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ANVAHI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2I4P4SYT9ECSE

MyMagnetMan© (1/8" x 1/16" 80 Pcs. Disc Magnets)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQU6126/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2WOM254LCFKNF

Anyone used any of these, or had problems with any of these magnet types?
Someone in a previous post recommended these sizes, but he linked to a site that was selling them for like 1.10 a piece, which seems like an exceptional amount of money for a magnet....

 
   
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Get the Chinese ones on eBay, they are dirt cheap and work great
   
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kb_lock wrote:
Get the Chinese ones on eBay, they are dirt cheap and work great


Chinese ones?

 
   
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Sorris wrote:
Was looking around at various magnets for glueing to the bases of my tyranid models for carrying around on a medal plate or in a toolbox, and came across these on amazon.com

Rare Earth Disc Magnets 1/2" X 1/16" Neodymium N42 - Set of 100
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012ATDD2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1T24Q2YX26SWS

MyMagnetMan© (1/4" x 1/16" 80 Pcs. Disc Magnets)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQU60YU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2WOM254LCFKNF

Super Strong Neodymium Disc Craft Magnets 1/4 X 1/16 Inch N42 (Set of 100)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ANVAHI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2I4P4SYT9ECSE

MyMagnetMan© (1/8" x 1/16" 80 Pcs. Disc Magnets)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQU6126/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2WOM254LCFKNF

Anyone used any of these, or had problems with any of these magnet types?
Someone in a previous post recommended these sizes, but he linked to a site that was selling them for like 1.10 a piece, which seems like an exceptional amount of money for a magnet....


I use these. I found them to have a very strong polarity.
http://www.nobleknight.com/ViewProducts.asp_Q_ProductLineID_E_2137425240_A_ManufacturerID_E_2145085951_A_CategoryID_E_16


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Sorris wrote:
kb_lock wrote:
Get the Chinese ones on eBay, they are dirt cheap and work great


Chinese ones?


Like, from China

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200x-Neodymium-Disc-1-12-X-1-25-Super-Strong-Rare-Earth-Magnet-N35-D2x1mm-/180832301339?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1a71f11b
   
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I second the China ones. Have done all my magnetising with them and they were fine.

I believe they are probably not N51 but they still work ok.

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Those chinese ones are listed as N35. You can get pretty cheap N50 and N52 ones as well. The difference between N52 and N50 isn't huge, but N52 is about 50% stronger than N35.
   
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N42 seems to be the wargaming standard and is what I've generally used on models. One small N35 might be sufficient to hold plastic troops in place on a movement tray (depending on size), but the price and availability (no harder to find than N45, much easier to find cheaply than N50/52) of N42 makes sticking with them a slightly safer bet.

That said, a single 1x3mm N35 disk, if fit perfectly flush with the base bottom, is enough to keep smaller plastic infantry from shifting even slightly when placed on galvanized steel sheet, inverted, and shook with moderate vigor. Unless you're dealing with particularly heavy (large and/or metal) models, anything bigger is likely overkill.

Trawl Ebay. While the ones linked earlier are a bit small for their grade, you can definitely find sellers (primarily Chinese importers) listing lots of 100 or 200 in an appropriate size/strength for similar prices, often with free shipping. I've been using these for magnetizing my Mantic Elves - 100 magnets of sufficient strength for the task, bought and shipped for $5. You're unlikely to get the same number of N42 in a similar size quite that cheaply, but there are better deals out there than in your initial links, at least.

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For most troops, a single 3/8" magnet should be fine. For larger metals such as a doctor, I use 3 of them. You don.t want to go too strong or you.'ll be fighting the glue holding the figure to the base

   
 
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