"Cyrille de Brébisson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> hello,
>
> I was wondering how effective are rare earth magnets to hold stuff on
> table saw such as feather boards and the like. and what size of magnets to
> use?
>
> thanks, cyrille
>
They work well if attached properly. The trouble though is that they still
slide along the surface quite easily.
>>> I was wondering how effective are rare earth magnets to hold stuff on
>>> table saw such as feather boards and the like. and what size of magnets
>>> to use?
>>>
>>> thanks, cyrille
>>>
>> They work well if attached properly. The trouble though is that they
>> still slide along the surface quite easily.
>>
>
> I put some heavy duty double sided tape on the magnet and it doesn't
> slide. FWIW I scrounge old microwave ovens and get out the two donut
> magnets that are in the magnetron unit.. these magnets have uses all over
> the shop.
You can also get super magnets out of old hard disk drives. (You can get
them out of new hard disk drives, too, but there are better sources than
that.)
- Owen -
"Owen Lawrence" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> You can also get super magnets out of old hard disk drives. (You can get
> them out of new hard disk drives, too, but there are better sources than
> that.)
I have one of those magnets... I think rare earth magnets may be 10 time
stronger.
I use them a lot, the biggest I can get from Lee Valley with the
non-skid pads. Although I built a featherboard and used 6 of the BIG
magnets, my uses more common are for holding things like push sticks
to the side or front of the machine for easy grasp, and use the miter
slots for most other things, espeically feather boards.
John
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:45:25 GMT, "Cyrille de Brébisson"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>hello,
>
>I was wondering how effective are rare earth magnets to hold stuff on table
>saw such as feather boards and the like. and what size of magnets to use?
>
>thanks, cyrille
>
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Cyrille de Brébisson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> hello,
>>
>> I was wondering how effective are rare earth magnets to hold stuff on
>> table saw such as feather boards and the like. and what size of magnets
>> to use?
>>
>> thanks, cyrille
>>
> They work well if attached properly. The trouble though is that they
> still slide along the surface quite easily.
>
I put some heavy duty double sided tape on the magnet and it doesn't slide.
FWIW I scrounge old microwave ovens and get out the two donut magnets that
are in the magnetron unit.. these magnets have uses all over the shop.
larry
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