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About a year ago I received a request from a Russian company - they wanted to use three of my photos of Bermuda on refrigerator magnets. I granted them permission along with a request of my own - that they send me the magnets when they were produced.
Look what arrived in today's mail.
It is a kick for me to see images of my favorite place in the world commercially produced and hanging on my refrigerator.
We sort of collect state-shaped magnets, but only when we visit the actual states, but this was tempting, but we resisted.
Tenuous Link: starts with mag
On Tuesday 06-03-08 I had a magnet implanted in my finger. The magnet was coated in medical grade silicone for bio-compatibility and is small enough that it does not negatively effect electronic devices, credit cards or other objects that may be sensitive to magnets.
I am now able to "feel" magnet fields. When my hand is in close proximity to anything that generates a magnetic field (small motors, electric currents, magnets, etc.) I feel a slight tingle or pressure in my finger. If the magnetic field is oscillating it almost feels like a pulse.
I am also able to pick up small ferrous objects, such as paperclips.
Fridge magnets, given by a friend as Christmas presents (Novák J. 2007). They're hand-made, of course (the balloons are separate magnets.)
Strobist info: see setup shot. Curves in digiKam but no editing otherwise.
YouTube Video showing it in action:
Thingiverse:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:3665886
This is a design for a automatic magnet cleaner. Usually, Zen Magnets should be cleaned often so that ferric and other magnetic particles do not accumulate on the poles of the magnets, destroying their coating. However, done manually this process is tedious and time consuming, especially when you have over 7,000 of them. By making a robot that does it for me, I can sit back and do other things while it cleans.
This specific design cleans 216 magnets at a time (one complete set). It uses and arduino uno, standard 180 degree servo, and a 28BYJ stepper motor and driver. Also, the part that actually cleans the magnets is a piece of steel sheet metal (so the magnets being cleaned will stick to it) and a cut-up piece of microfiber cloth provided by Zen Magnets. On their website you can get 100 of these cloths for 20$ so it is very cheap.
Stats of the machine:
Cycle: 406 seconds
Per Mag: 1.88 seconds for each magnet
Capacity: 216 magnets
input voltage: 5V
The 3D printed parts were designed in Autodesk Fusion 360/Inventor and were printed on a Creality Ender 3.
I was moving a small magnet from my fridge to the entry, to hold an item I didn't want to forget when next I am out. As I pulled it off, I noticed the magnetic bits sticking up in a little pyramidal pile. Couldn't resist getting out my Sony HX100V to get a macro. The area captured is under 3/4" across, and the 'pile' maybe 1/4" high. Cropped. Available light.
I like my magnets but I like them neat and tidy. This is the side of the fridge; they're on the front top and bottom as well. Some were picked up on trips, some were gifts, some were handmade by my mom and some are just local business magnets.
For zen magnets december 2011 contest.
Made with EXACTLY 1728 magnets :)
Video and Tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUYalJ_LTB4
Birthdays can go on for weeks in this family...these refrigerator magnets were gifts...several made from my flickr pics that showed family and friends
i decided to do them in groups of 3. i have to upload a bunch more....but have to resize the photos first....grrr..but if you're interested, go there. some are up. thanks! :) xo
SOLD!!! thanks biffybeans!! :)
I ran out of 1/4" spherical magnets before I could finish this form. It is hard to see what is going on without seeing them in person so I will attempt to describe it here: 4D Dodecahedral Tube Mesh
My brother bought Jon these magnets for Christmas. There are 216 of them, made from a rare earth metal (neodymium I think from googling) and they're about 5mm across. You can make them into all sorts of shapes - it made me think of the crystallography I did in University, not to mention VSEPR, DNA structure and various other structural studies. Lots and lots of fun.
Just to prove the camera isn't sideways. ;-) www.dagsbricks.com/2014/09/lego-techniques-magnet-racers....
Playing with Neodymium magnets I got in my christmas stocking. I'm using them on my fridge. Here one is responding to movement on the other side of my hand, and then a demonstration of "attractive distance."
According to Wikipedia, Neodymium magnets are the bad boys responsible for erasing credit cards, wrecking CRT monitor displays (permanently, if they bend the CRT grill) - and though rare these days, nuking floppy disks.
Robin in his magnet suit from the lego batman game. It's my teen titan torso decal so it's not 100% based on the game design. Just something I fancied puttin together.