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Re: P.S. yikes, magnets backwards
By:KenC
Date: 12/21/2002, 6:45 pm
In Response To: Re: P.S. yikes, magnets backwards (David Hanson)

: Your sequence sounds good to me. The force is so strong that I figured it
: would squeeze all the epoxy out of the glueup, that is why I decided to do
: one at a time.

I thought about that, but decided to go ahead anyway. The glass can't compress much, so there will still be void space for the epoxy to fill. It can't all squeeze out. At least that's what I've convinced myself. Time will tell.

Are the magnets you're using really 1/2" x 1/4"? The ones I used, from Lee Valley, are 1/2" diameter by 1/8" thick. My strips were slightly less than 1/4" to begin with, and thinner after sanding, so a 1/4" thick magnet would
have stuck out on the topside, when flush with the underside.

ken

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Thanks to Rob Macks on the magnet idea *LINK* *Pic*
David Hanson -- 12/20/2002, 11:57 am
P.S. yikes, magnets backwards
David Hanson -- 12/21/2002, 9:08 am
Re: Hot Lips / Lose Lips! Sinks Ships!!
Rehd -- 12/21/2002, 9:50 pm
Re: Hot Lips / Lose Lips! Sinks Ships!!
David Hanson -- 12/22/2002, 8:41 am
Re: Hot Lips / Lose Lips! Sinks Ships!!
Fred -- 12/22/2002, 12:29 am
Re: P.S. yikes, magnets backwards
KenC -- 12/21/2002, 10:20 am
Re: P.S. yikes, magnets backwards
David Hanson -- 12/21/2002, 5:23 pm
Re: P.S. yikes, magnets backwards
KenC -- 12/21/2002, 6:45 pm
Re: P.S. yikes, magnets backwards
David Hanson -- 12/21/2002, 7:42 pm
Re: P.S. yikes, magnets backwards
James Neely -- 12/21/2002, 4:56 pm
Re: P.S. yikes, magnets backwards
KenC -- 12/21/2002, 6:39 pm
Re: S&G: Thanks to Rob Macks on the magnet idea
Rob Macks -- 12/20/2002, 7:16 pm
Re: S&G: Thanks to Rob Macks on the magnet idea
Chris Moore -- 12/20/2002, 6:05 pm
Re: S&G: Thanks to Rob Macks on the magnet idea
David Hanson -- 12/20/2002, 9:51 pm
Re: S&G: Thanks to Rob Macks on the magnet idea
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 12/20/2002, 4:31 pm
Re: S&G: Thanks to Rob Macks on the magnet idea
David Hanson -- 12/20/2002, 9:53 pm