---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Keith. First... you want to buy a few small neodym magnets... you'll be amazed at the difference in power... little bitty things can push 50 grams no problem at 5 mm..... a neodym 40 mm across and 10 mm thick can lift 50 kilos.... Anyways... as to your question. Epoxy or CA glue. They recommend CA. For the whippens I countersunk the magnets and glued them. For the keys I am going to sink them (and glue) in a small letoff button that has a drop screw inserted through. The drop screw will then screw into the shank thats pinned to the key. For experiments tho.. the neodyms will stay put just on a steel screw, where as the kitchen magnets probably wont. Order a few in the size range Ø3 - 5 mm diameter and 3 - 5 mm thickness and fool around with them. There are perhaps several ways of employing these usefully in the action. One thing I heard suggested was to put attracting magnets in both the capstan and whippen cushion to form more of a solid coupling between those too... just a thought Cheers RicB Keith Roberts wrote: > I wanted to ask what you were using to glue the magnets in. I'm having > a problem with my homemade refrigerator magnets staying together. > Sounds like you're having the same problem.Keith Roberts -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4c/18/d5/0d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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