Fun with magnets
Spent today working at home getting a bunch of little projects blasted out. Cleaning the garage, paid bills, etc...
One of the things I wanted to do was make a set of rubber pads for one of my vices -- that way, I could clamp things and not mar their finish. I used a chunk of horse stall mat -- recycled tires, about 5/8" thick and perfect amount of 'give'. I have a bunch of neodymium 'super' magnets (fun to play with) so I drilled some 1/2" holes in the mat and used some
E6000 "craft adhesive" (great stuff!) to glue them in. I was working really neatly and gluing three magnets in each of the two pads. A little squirt of E6000 in the bottom of the hole and press the magnet in.
The glue was fluid enough that it allowed the magnets to slide around and on each pad, one magnet popped out and attached itself to a neighbor. These were spaced an inch apart so I was not expecting it.
Needless to say, the pads are covered in E6000, I am peeling strings of it off my fingers and the pads are not quite as neatly done as I had hoped. I have some thin leather that I'll glue over the tops of the magnets so my little disaster will not be so obvious.
Gorgeous day today -- a dusting of snow on the mountains and the town of Glacier got some last night but nothing on the ground here. Got a tri-tip steak thawing out, just finished a salad and the toaster oven just let me know that my baked potato is ready (ding!). Dinner and then out for a few beers at my local...
Posted by DaveH at February 19, 2012 6:01 PM