<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Magnets"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Magnets http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5114586.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5114586.page GMT Magnets http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5115033.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5115033.page GMT Magnets ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5115058.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5115058.page GMT Re:Magnets
For plastic SM arms and banners use 1x2mm. You can even double them up in the torso for some extra strength.

For plastic Terminators you can actually fit 1x5mm magnets in.

I get my magnets from http://www.hfminis.co.uk/
Hope this helps,
cheers Vim
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I would suggest buying them from ebay, quick response and you get quite a large amount for not too much $$.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5115857.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5115857.page GMT Magnets
 Dreal wrote:
And what N will do the jod
Grade N42 is pretty much standard. If a part is particularly heavy, it usually means you can fit a sufficiently large magnet or use a supplemental pin. The main reason magnetic joints fail is torque causing the parts to sag or rotate - insufficient friction, not pull strength, is the main issue. A larger magnet of comparable strength does more for that than a magnet with marginally stronger pull (grade N52), but the same surface area, in my (relatively limited) experience.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5118780.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5118780.page GMT Magnets
 oadie wrote:
 Dreal wrote:
And what N will do the jod
Grade N42 is pretty much standard. If a part is particularly heavy, it usually means you can fit a sufficiently large magnet or use a supplemental pin. The main reason magnetic joints fail is torque causing the parts to sag or rotate - insufficient friction, not pull strength, is the main issue. A larger magnet of comparable strength does more for that than a magnet with marginally stronger pull (grade N52), but the same surface area, in my (relatively limited) experience.


If you have enough pull to stop the parts coming apart but rotation or saggin is a problem, consider just drilling a small hole next to the magnet and pinning the parts in to position. You just glue the pin in to one side and use it to locate the joint at the correct rotation in the other side, and the pin will prevent rotation.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5118843.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5118843.page GMT Re:Magnets
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Exalbaru wrote:
do you all use dremels to drill into there? if so is that dremel drill press worth buying?
I use a GW pin vice to drill small holes in plastic and finecast. For metal and larger holes in plastic I use an electric power drill, but I make a small indent with the pin vice first (so when using the power drill the bit has something to bite on instead of wiggling around and inevitably going in to the wrong place). I typically wedge either the part somewhere or wedge the drill between my legs so it's easier to control, never bothered with an actual vice to hold the model.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5127116.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5127116.page GMT Re:Magnets lol.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5127739.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5127739.page GMT Magnets GW pin vice myself. You can fit 1mm in one end and 2-3mm in the other. Very useful ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5141092.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/496810/5141092.page GMT Re:Magnets SM army back in the day as well as all my magnet work for my IG, tanks etc.

Just match you magnet to your bit and your set. I personally found the drill type bits with flat tips to work the best. Drill part of the hole out with a tip bit and then return and drill out with a flat bit so that it matches your magnet. If the whole is to small, you can work it around the sides to increase the space. The flat tip bit allows you to keep the inside smoth as well as flap with out deepining the hole.

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