"A question about magnetic attraction" Topic

All my figures are based with magnets on the bases. I have been able to always find metal to line the drawers of my cabinets but the source is starting to dry up. Magnetic sheets are easy enough to find but to prevent switching over my bases from magnets to steel I was wondering if it's possible for the magnets to attract each other and which way to the poles go on a magnetic sheet.

Am I missing the obvious answer of, each is different and have to be tested or is this Mission Impossible and time to switch?

magneticdisplays.co.uk

I buy steel sheet from there (and magnetic tape)

TTW:

I base on both steel and magnets and use magnet lined storage cases. The polarity in the magnetic sheeting in the cases runs in "stripes."

When you put a stand in the case you'll feel it automatically "align" to the polarity of the magnetic sheeting in the box. You will find this results in small spaces between each stand of 1/8" or perhaps 1/4" here and there.

Incidentally I started on steel (A) to get the thinnest base possible and (B) to allay concerns of the magnets losing their pull. I have since learned the power of magnetic sheeting will not fade in my lifetime, but I still prefer the steel to avoid the "troops on a soapbox" look.

Mark "Extra Crispy" Severin
Owner, Scale Creep Miniatures
scalecreep.com

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Thank you, time for evil magnetic experiments to begin.

(insert evil laugh)

If you have a Family Dollar nearby, they carry 9x11 brownie pans in a magnetic metal which is excellent for hauling/storing magnetically based minis.
$5.00 USD each

Oh do they come with Brownies too. I mean the fudge kind of course.

Brownies from the dollar store…you get what you pay for.

tabletopwarrior,

You'll want to use our Flex Steel… no pole-to-pole alignment problems, cuts with scissors, and you can place the figures down in any direction and the attractive pull is the same.

Litko Flex Steel Sheets
litkoaero.com/Item/GSM001fs

Ken – litkoaero.com

Litko flex steel is also a viable solution however…
The brownie pans come with a lid to keep the dust off and they are stackable. =P

Something I have been very happy with…

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Much stronger than magnets made for gamers. No polarity problems when attached to metal. (I use metal roof flashing cut with tin snips.)

Two side-by-side even work properly for cavalry.

These brownie pans sound cheap and handy.

If you need other sizes befriend a heating/AC guy. They can cut sheet metal to any size you like, and the 4x4 sheets they buy aren't expensive. You can probably even use their scraps.

The cheap flexible magnetic sheets used for advertising and so on have fairly random polarity, in my experience. Sometimes the field seems to run sideways.

Andrew

"If you need other sizes befriend a heating/AC guy."

Thats where I was getting some. 5 sheets of 8.5x11 rounded and smoothed edges for $10.00. He did it twice once as a favor, the second because I asked but I think trying a third time will be pushing it.

Actually, the esperiment of rubbing two sheets of magnetic sheeting against each other is an interesting one.

This is so hard to find, I am looking for 14.25" x 7.75" flex steel sheets to line the plastic stackable trays I had bought from "The Baggage Train". After the owners passing I have been waiting for them to start up again. In the mean time I have found another source for the trays, but not the flex steel.

xtrema01,

We can cut the flex steel sheets to size if you like.

Shoot me an email -> ken@litkoaero.com

Ken – litkoaero.com

"Actually, the esperiment of rubbing two sheets of magnetic
sheeting against each other is an interesting one."

Oooooooh!

I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but you should definitely head to the fridge and try this.

Andrew

Baggage Train bought their Sheet Magnet and Rubber Steel from Renaissance Ink. We can cut Rubber Steel to any size (though its easy enough to cut with scissors, Xacto or paper cutter).

Check our web site renaissanceink.net