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Unread 29-03-2011, 21:45
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Re: Magnetic Minibots and How You Can Do it Too

We ordered from this company too.

We at first ordered 4 magnets. they came all together in one giant bundle with 1/8in plastic spacers in between them. One of our mentors wasn't careful when trying to pry them apart and immediately snapped one into three pieces as they smacked into each other. Woops.

I made the same mistake about 5 minutes after. So, we had two complete magnets to work with.

They do their job very well for our minibot.

We placed an order for another 6 the other day and asked for each magnet to be individually packaged and wrapped. They obliged (for no extra fee, I think). Each magnet came wrapped with some sort of packing wrap (?) and could not attract each other through the wraps. Which is a very good thing.

TL;DR: When handling neodymium magnets, be very careful, and don't let them accelerate into each other. Ask them to individually package your magnets too!
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