Suggestions For Magnets

[+supertbone]

I bought some magnets the other day at Walmart for a magneting cache. It turns out they won't hold a micro very well. I need some suggestion on where to get a good magnet that will hold an Altoids can or a film canister. The only one I could think of are hard drive magnets but I don't have any spare HDs laying around. Any suggestions?

[+Night Stalker]

I bought a package at hobby lobby. It was something like $3 for 6. They are extremely powerful and should work well for any smaller cache.

[PCFrog]

Neodymium rare earth magnets

 

amazing magnets sells them.

[+briansnat]

These Rare Earth magnets are so powerful you can put them inside the container and they will hold solidly. I just use a piece of duct tape in the container so the magnet doesn't move around. No need for glue, epoxy, etc... See example below (that's a Rare Earth magnet under the duct tape).

 

Edited April 24, 2006 by briansnat

[PCFrog]

Nice Dollar

[+YuccaPatrol]

Lee Valley Hardware! Best deal on super strong magnets!

 

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=...t=1,42363,42348

[+qlenfg]

Not sure about your area, but around here the gun shows typically have folks selling hard drive magnets and other high-strength magnets in various shapes.

[+DocDiTTo]

Not sure about your area, but around here the gun shows typically have folks selling hard drive magnets and other high-strength magnets in various shapes.

 

Yup, hard drives are the BEST place to get super strong magnets. Being a computer geek I have a lot of old drives I rip apart just for the magnets. Way stronger than any ceramic ones. you can get them on ebay too, but they're pretty expensive. Ask your local computer geek, chances are you'll be able to get a bunch of old drives for just about nothing.

[bogleman]

Sounds like a cache run on garbage night. I bet you Briansnat's silver dollar that you'll find one out against the curb.

 

Cheaper yet, next time you go hunting for an urban cache in the mall be sure to check the dumpster next to the cache.

[+Cache us Clay]

Neodymium rare earth magnets

 

amazing magnets sells them.

 

We bought a few neodymium magnets at Michaels. The packaging calls them "neo-buttons". We found them in 1/2" and 3/8" sizes.

[+two left feet]

Neodymium rare earth magnets

 

amazing magnets sells them.

 

We bought a few neodymium magnets at Michaels. The packaging calls them "neo-buttons". We found them in 1/2" and 3/8" sizes.

 

Yep, most craft type stores have them; Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Also found them at Ace Hardware. Go online if you don't have any of those.

[CacheNCarryMA]

Lee Valley Hardware! Best deal on super strong magnets!

 

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=...t=1,42363,42348

 

I've found that CMS Magnetics has better prices and a wider selection than Lee. For example a 3/8"x1/10" disc is $0.45 at Lee and $0.18 at CMS.

 

CMS might have slower shipping, though.

[+GPSOkie]

I use rare earth "neodium" magnets. I've picked mine up on eBay. They are great.

[wandat24]

I haven't ever used one for a cache yet, but speaker mags are pretty good. I use to use them to hold all kinds of things together and to stuff...Also have you ever used a fishtank clener? THose little mags are amazing, but I don't think it'd really work very well, unless you can use both....

[+The GeoGadgets Team]

K&J Magnetics - www.kjmagnetics.com

 

I just bought 50 - 3/8" discs from them. $6 + shipping. They put free samples in every order. They have cylinders, donut-shaped, ball-shaped, oblongs, etc. And they are super-strong. Those little 3/8" discs will hold almost 2 lbs.

[+briansnat]

Nice Dollar

 

Ya should have been FTF on the last few caches I've put out.