Does anyone else here have a huge collection of RockAuto magnets?
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Does anyone else here have a huge collection of RockAuto magnets?
I've got tons of magnets now, probably 80-90, to the point that they completely cover the sides of my standup toolbox. Does anyone else have a ton of these things, and anyone want to trade?
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I have nine of them on the fridge door, probably more around here someplace.
I'll bring them to the next OGTA meeting if you want to expand your collection Crit, we could use the space on the fridge and I'll be getting more I'm sure.
From the Fridge:
Brian's Malibu (2 copies)
Mark's MBG (2 copies)
Steve's ******
Curtis' Buick
Brent's Jeep
Dmitri's Volga
Mike's Cadillac
I'll bring them to the next OGTA meeting if you want to expand your collection Crit, we could use the space on the fridge and I'll be getting more I'm sure.
From the Fridge:
Brian's Malibu (2 copies)
Mark's MBG (2 copies)
Steve's ******
Curtis' Buick
Brent's Jeep
Dmitri's Volga
Mike's Cadillac
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"I usually toss them.... "
Sean, have you ever stopped to think about what all that excess magnetism is doing to the New Jersey land fills?
Also, Robert, I've discovered that if you stack them up on each other, they stick together like double sticky tape, you can hide a bundle of 20 or 30 in your dash compartment.
Except that if you slide them apart, they let go in small discrete energy steps, kind of like rubbing a popsicle stick over a washboard. It's kind of cool, you should try it.
Anybody know why they do that? Sounds like an engineering issue.
Sean, have you ever stopped to think about what all that excess magnetism is doing to the New Jersey land fills?
Also, Robert, I've discovered that if you stack them up on each other, they stick together like double sticky tape, you can hide a bundle of 20 or 30 in your dash compartment.
Except that if you slide them apart, they let go in small discrete energy steps, kind of like rubbing a popsicle stick over a washboard. It's kind of cool, you should try it.
Anybody know why they do that? Sounds like an engineering issue.
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I had to explain to the wife that whenever I place a large order, it's likely to ship in multiple boxes from different warehouses, and THAT is the reason I have so many.
Not entirely true.
Not entirely true.
#10
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Yes, I do.
The rubbery magnetic material they are made from (rubberized Barium Ferrite, or BaFe) is magnetized in narrow stripes so that it can stick even to mildly magnetized materials, so sheets of it can be stacked & manipulated easily for shipping/production, and so it will also still cling strongly regardless of how big or small a piece is used but still remove easily. it's also easier to make a bunch of little magnetic fields as the stuff comes off a roll, rather than one big field.
Fields look like this:
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
BaFe sheets used to be used a lot in the access-control ID badges a company I used to work for made. We bought sheets of it that weren't magnetized at all yet, and magnetized dot patterns into card-sized pieces to make the 'code' before laminating them in plastic.
The rubbery magnetic material they are made from (rubberized Barium Ferrite, or BaFe) is magnetized in narrow stripes so that it can stick even to mildly magnetized materials, so sheets of it can be stacked & manipulated easily for shipping/production, and so it will also still cling strongly regardless of how big or small a piece is used but still remove easily. it's also easier to make a bunch of little magnetic fields as the stuff comes off a roll, rather than one big field.
Fields look like this:
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
BaFe sheets used to be used a lot in the access-control ID badges a company I used to work for made. We bought sheets of it that weren't magnetized at all yet, and magnetized dot patterns into card-sized pieces to make the 'code' before laminating them in plastic.
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Wow, that's profound. Thanks for the explanation DD.
So it goes something like this?:
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
_NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
_NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
_NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
And then back again?
I think I'm going to put in a rockauto order just to get some more of those magnets.
So it goes something like this?:
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
_NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
_NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
_NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
And then back again?
I think I'm going to put in a rockauto order just to get some more of those magnets.
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I have nine so far. The ****** and two suburbans. Plus some others like a 240z and a race car.
Yes, about the magnetic field weirdnesses, some poorly made rubber magnets have N and S just kinda randomly all across the surface. But these rockauto ones seem to be decent.
I'd guess it's:
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
Or rather more like this:
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
My dad has an interesting magnetic field inspection sheet. Made of thin plastic, it contains a nickel fluid in some sort of binder and is very thin. I wonder if I can find it in the pile. It'd be cool to see what these rockauto things actually look like.
Yes, about the magnetic field weirdnesses, some poorly made rubber magnets have N and S just kinda randomly all across the surface. But these rockauto ones seem to be decent.
I'd guess it's:
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
Or rather more like this:
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
My dad has an interesting magnetic field inspection sheet. Made of thin plastic, it contains a nickel fluid in some sort of binder and is very thin. I wonder if I can find it in the pile. It'd be cool to see what these rockauto things actually look like.
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What are "car keys?" I used to know what those were...
Hmmmm. I don't have as many as I thought:
#80 Mika's Edsel
#20 Andrew's Barracuda
#54 John's Ramcharger
#015 Paul's TVR
#61 Andy's Dodge
#45 Brandon's Lincoln
#57 Mike's Camaro
#55 Alex's GTO
#86 Jim's Buick
I think I may have tossed out some duplicates a year or so back. & I know I've gotten a couple boxes over time that had no magnets. Usually only one per order regardless of the number of boxes.
Hmmmm. I don't have as many as I thought:
#80 Mika's Edsel
#20 Andrew's Barracuda
#54 John's Ramcharger
#015 Paul's TVR
#61 Andy's Dodge
#45 Brandon's Lincoln
#57 Mike's Camaro
#55 Alex's GTO
#86 Jim's Buick
I think I may have tossed out some duplicates a year or so back. & I know I've gotten a couple boxes over time that had no magnets. Usually only one per order regardless of the number of boxes.
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You know something?, Its pretty sad when a conversation about something as simple as refrigerator magnets goes over my head.
You smart guys depress me.........
If I had room in my head for "BaFe" then I would use it to remember where my car keys keep getting off to!!!
You smart guys depress me.........
If I had room in my head for "BaFe" then I would use it to remember where my car keys keep getting off to!!!
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