Awhile back I had read about magnetic clamping on frets.com, and decided this gibson would be perfect to try it out on. I bought 50 1/2"x1/8" Neomydmium/rare earth magnets on ebay for about 20 bucks. These little fuckers are pretty ridiculous. Just one is enough to hold up a steel hammer.
Instead of wasting precious time casting liquid acrylic into molds for this, I just bought an 18" 1x1.25" scrap of plexiglass and cut and drilled it myself. Took about an hour total to make 3 pairs with 6-8 magnets per caul, and since these are permanent magnets and don't wear out like Alnico, these will surely be used in many jobs in the future.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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