Thread: my carbo-magnetic vise ;)

Wow, that's a great idea. The putty is great because of its ability to conform to the shape of the blade. Are you using rare earth magnets?

great idea
regards Peter

Very nice. Could you either show or describe the magnets? Where did you get them?
Thanks.

The magnets are the 1/2" ones from here:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,42363,42348

Lee Vallley also sells steel cups that fit the magnets and which I screwed to the piece of plywood that you see in the pictures.
They are located in one line in the centre of the blue stuff where it is thinnest and the spine rests ( so the magnets hold on to the spine mainly ).
This has the advantage that the spine is the most solid part of the blade (aside from shank and tang) and when I want to remove the blade, I can very easily and safely just flip it up (edge up) and then peel it off in an upward motion. There is virtually no force on the delicate parts of the blade this way.

Redwoood

Redwood

There are very very few things worse than a smart alec, but one of them is a smart alec that actually boasts about an idea that actually works really well, is cost-effective, and is so annoyingly simple that people like me look at it and can't help but saying "Doh!".

It may take a few years before I can bring myself to forgive you, but this simple idea has a huuuuuge number of applications beyond straights.

Well done and great lateral thinking. Unfortunately, I would have never thought of it, so I hope you fall off your chair and get severe a brain injury - that way I may be able to beat you to the Patent Ofiice.

But seriously, thanks mate. I'm certain there will be many others here that will also benefit from this great tip!

Cheers Squire!

where did you find that much blu-tack? when i took a look around for some it just came in tiny little strips which would cost like 150$ to buy that much of it to make a big old slab. so, where did you find it in bulk or were you using some putty more cost effective?

~J

I'm not sure I can help you. I just bought the first package I came across. containing a dozen or so strips, and I still have one left. It's called Tac'n Stick and is made by Ross.
As I said, nothing special about it, bought it at Shoppers Drug Mart, which is a notoriously overpriced store and paid about 3$ Canadian for it, which I thought was too high, but I was too lazy to look around.

You should be able to get as much as you would ever need at your local dollar store I'd assume.

Redwoood