Here's what I have in mind, subject to change as other parties actually think this through for me: 1. it is going to take a bunch of these little magnets, but that is what I want, their power times hundreds. 2. The magnets must be separate somehow. If they touch or clump, even after being sewn in to individual pockets of cloth, that will not keep the cloth from doubling over and over as the magnets find each other. Therefore, 3. I intend to glue the magnets down with hot glue, say, to a flexible strip of plastic, some strapping tape, say, about an inch apart. 4. I will wrap the flexible but very strong magnetic strip in cloth and sew it closed with a zipper foot, allowing enough left over to sew this strip to the usual vinyl edging into which the screen is sewn. It is a plus that the magnets are small enough to pass under a sewing foot if they have to. 5. I am contemplating different approaches to an entryway, I guess two pieces with an overlap in the middle will do for a first pass. Jim On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:55 PM Steve Williams < steve@williamsitconsulting.com> wrote: > Oh my heck! > > I don't have the patience to work with something THAT small... that > wants to stick to anything metal! lol. > > Good to know they are out there though :) > > Thanks for sharing! > > Cheers, > Steve W. > > On 13/04/2016 10:35 AM, Karl Ploessl wrote: > > if the description is correct, they are tiny: Diameter: 3mm(±0.1mm) > > Height: 1mm(±0.1mm). So 500 seems to be right > > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Steve Williams > > <steve@williamsitconsulting.com > > <mailto:steve@williamsitconsulting.com>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Is that price $4.00 USD for 500 of them? That doesn't make sense to > > me... but $4.00 / magnet seems expensive, but perhaps not? > > > > How many do you think it will take for the bug screen? This is > > something I'm really interested in doing as well. > > > > Cheers, > > Steve W. > > > > > > On 13/04/2016 9:26 AM, Jim Felder wrote: > > > > A way to follow up something I have wanted to do for years, > > create an > > all-magnetic bug screen for the sliding door. These aggressive > > little > > magnets ought to do the job! Anyway, the price is right and > > they are on > > order. Once glued to a flexible plastic tape/strap (so they > > won't stick to > > each other) and sewn into edging for the netting, I'll bet > > they will work. > > > > < > > > http://www.banggood.com/500x-Disc-Rare-Earth-Neodymium-Super-Strong-Fridge-Magnets-N35-3x1m-Craft-Model-p-1042903.html?utm_design=41&utm_source=emarsys&utm_medium=Mail_mailad233_dealalert&utm_campaign=newsletter-emarsys&utm_content=Winna&sc_src=email_1791754&sc_eh=21b49b9fb0df57d91&sc_llid=631316&sc_lid=80505949&sc_uid=GEFGGfoQpi&emst=GEFGGfoQpi_631316_1791754_128 > > > > Jim > > > > > |
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