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Forum topic by MrsN | posted 06-08-2009 09:03 PM | 5135 views | 0 times favorited | 7 replies | ![]() |
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06-08-2009 09:03 PM |
I was considering making a toy train for my son. Most of the commercial trains have rounded magnets that hold the cars together, this allows the train to turn corners and still stay together. |
7 replies so far
#1 posted 06-08-2009 09:27 PM |
You could try to magnetize appropriate sized ball bearings? -- Larry "Work like a Captain but Play like a Pirate!" |
#2 posted 06-08-2009 09:35 PM |
You could use these -- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso |
#3 posted 06-08-2009 09:36 PM |
Or these http://powermagnetstore.com/acatalog/Cylinder_Magnets.html -- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso |
#4 posted 06-08-2009 09:51 PM |
Thanks for your help. I must be having a bad internet day, I looked for a website for a long time and you responded with two sites in a half-hour. |
#5 posted 06-08-2009 09:56 PM |
Lee Valley sells some half-sphere ones too which might be easier to mount and slide on each other http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=45088&cat=1,42363,42348&ap=2 -- Ed |
#6 posted 06-09-2009 03:03 AM |
More magnets in any shape than you’d want to shake a stick to: Rare Earth K&J Magnetics Don’t thank me, thank the slight OCD side on me that helps me keep a perfectly tidy Bookmarks folder in Safari. :o) |
#7 posted 06-09-2009 03:17 AM |
Look for rare earth magnets in the size that you need -- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI |
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