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06-22-2018, 09:49 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Toronto
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Sorry for the thread title. Couldn't help it.
Okay, need a logic check for a particularly dumb idea I had over the past week. So I'm working on my display, and having got some of those awesome Madesmart shelf organizers that Joefan82 talked about in his Youtube video (), I'm getting there. Just need to find the time to spray paint the stands now, as while white is nice I figure I'll use a couple of olive greens and a couple of blacks just for variety. FYI - for Canadians, these are hard to find for a cheap price - they're currently FIFTY THREE DOLLARS at Walmart. But the Bay has 'em for $15 each (http://www.thebay.com/webapp/wcs/sto...0084-57111--24) online. And the Bay always has coupons. I'm pretty sure I cost HBC money once free shipping was included, because these things are bulky. But while playing around with these, something came to mind - I've got kids now, and of course I'll (hopefully) have everything behind glass doors, I'd love to have a shelf diving prevention system. So the standard 25th-and-onwards stands have a slight depression underneath. And you can buy 1mm thick magnets on Ebay (https://www.ebay.ca/itm/100Pc-Super-...3uaIjiqboTHcrw). The shelves are plastic, and not super-thick... and these are pretty powerful magnets, I think, the ones that Adam and Jamie always used for all sorts of weird purposes on Mythbusters. So I take the magnet, glue it under the figure stand, then put a corresponding magnet under the shelf where I want the stand to "lock down". The magnets, even if they're not touching, should be strong enough to give the stands far more adhesion than they'd normally have. Am I missing something here? Is the depression under the 25th-style stand possibly thinner than 1mm (I don't have a caliper to check something that small) so the magnet wouldn't be flush? |
06-22-2018, 11:33 AM | #2 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Texas
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You would need something metal to attract the magnet.
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06-22-2018, 11:47 AM | #3 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: NW Saskatchewan, Canada
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I have some of those shelves (stole them from my wifes spice cupboard) and yeah the figures can and will topple over. Found some of these nail polish holders and the stands just fit (some may need a liitle trimming) and are snug enough the figures won't topple and there's a little wall that will keep accesories from getting lost that the figure can't hold. Found them on eBay from a canadian supplier for $20. If my memory is correct they were from Quebec and had free shipping in Canada.
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06-22-2018, 12:08 PM | #4 |
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06-22-2018, 01:06 PM | #5 |
Cobra Interrogator
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The strength of a magnetic field drops off more or less exponentially over distance. The plastic doesn’t “block” the magnetism, but the distance between the two magnets is far enough to be outside their “range.” You might be better off putting a metal slug or strip on the top side of the shelf, so that the magnet can attract it by touching directly.
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06-22-2018, 02:49 PM | #6 |
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Join Date: Apr 2016
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I have a similar set up using Daiso Display cases and use two rare earth magnets similar to the one you linked to. They work great. I use museum clay to attach one magnet underneath the figure stand and another underneath the display. These Rare-Earth Neodymium magnets are incredibly strong and I haven't had any problem. In fact they are so strong I have more problems with the museum clay keeping the magnet attached to the figure stand then with having the figure stands sliding around.
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06-22-2018, 04:13 PM | #7 |
Crimson Guard
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I have a similar set up using Daiso Display cases and use two rare earth magnets similar to the one you linked to. They work great. I use museum clay to attach one magnet underneath the figure stand and another underneath the display. These Rare-Earth Neodymium magnets are incredibly strong and I haven't had any problem. In fact they are so strong I have more problems with the museum clay keeping the magnet attached to the figure stand then with having the figure stands sliding around.
Of course, looking at the WIPs in my home office... most of the (admittedly cheap) stands I use are perfectly flat, so I'll have to test whether the magnet would retain attraction through both the stand AND the shelf for those guys. Again, shouldn't be too big an issue. Last edited by GeoffDes; 06-22-2018 at 04:23 PM.. |
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