Custom Making Socket Holders - Help sourcing the magnetic sheets?

[budget76]

Having 0 luck searching, I must be using the wrong keywords.

I am planning on making my own Mechanics Time Savers knockoffs out of some scrap Corian from an old countertop. Example of their product https://mechanicstimesavers.com/coll...ket-organizers

What I'm having an issue with is finding ~3/16" thick magnetic sheets to use for the base. Thinking this sheet may be cheaper and easier to work with than the alternate thought I have below. the ones on the MTS / Kobalt seem to be that rubbery/plasticky magnetic material.

my other thought was to use the router to make a groove in the underside and use Neodymium magnets glued into the underside of the base, but they may be too strong for smaller sockets and make the project a little more complicated. Also not all that cheap. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R17XH4Y/?tag=atomicindus08-20

thoughts/input on magnet options?

 

[sponfit]

McMaster Carr has some

 

[budget76]

McMaster Carr has some

I had searched but didn't find. looks roughly the same as the NEO magnets - in that case I'll probably go with the NEO ones for the extra holding power https://www.mcmaster.com/magnets/flexible-magnets-5/

of course I'll probably find that it's more $$ than the Neo Magnet option since it's so hard to find. they're probably niche-use items

 

[Dustball]

Your original link doesn't work but wouldn't your local craft store have magnetic sheets? Micheals, JoAnn, etc...

 

[tipsy]

search for heating and A/C register covers

 

[californiamilleghia]

or sign shops .....

 

[niget2002]

Walmart. It's in the art section and sold as magnetic picture backing material. It has a sticky side for sticking pictures to it.

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[Glemon]

Just keep ordering from Rock Auto and be patient.....

 

[PugetDude]

https://totalelement.com/pages/search-results-page?q=sheet

 

[budget76]

thanks guys. None of the listed options are thick enough for what I was looking for. The one spot I found was McMasterCarr above but it was the same price as a stack of the NEO magnets, so i'm going to go that route with a groove in the bottom. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081TZ6CYT/?tag=atomicindus08-20

too thin and I don't think the magnetic sheet would have enough holding power to hold the sockets in. Also I wanted the 3/16"-ish so I could mechanically fasten the magnetic portion to the corian

I'll post up pics once I make one successfully. prototyped out of wood a year or two back then other priorities came around.

 

[Ron_J]

thanks guys. None of the listed options are thick enough for what I was looking for. The one spot I found was McMasterCarr above but it was the same price as a stack of the NEO magnets, so i'm going to go that route with a groove in the bottom. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081TZ6CYT/?tag=atomicindus08-20

too thin and I don't think the magnetic sheet would have enough holding power to hold the sockets in. Also I wanted the 3/16"-ish so I could mechanically fasten the magnetic portion to the corian

I'll post up pics once I make one successfully. prototyped out of wood a year or two back then other priorities came around.

You are correct. The sheet magnet stuff doesn't work.

I bought some cheap magnetic socket holders that had the same stuff and they were a waste of money.

Please post your finished product...I'd be interested in the magnets you use and how they work.

 

[bob15]

I did notice McMaster has mag sheets 1/8, 3/16 & 1/4" thick with 50ft pull in force.

 

[budget76]

You are correct. The sheet magnet stuff doesn't work.

I bought some cheap magnetic socket holders that had the same stuff and they were a waste of money.

Please post your finished product...I'd be interested in the magnets you use and how they work.

Will do. It may be a couple weeks till I can play with this project, got some more important stuff to get done. I wound up ordering a batch of the Neo bar magnets linked above

I did notice McMaster has mag sheets 1/8, 3/16 & 1/4" thick with 50ft pull in force.

I did find those, but for the price I went with what I think will hold stronger. for better or worse

 

[Sweetcorn]

I've ordered thousands of magnets from these guys.


Check out their website or give them a call and they can walk you through some options.

https://www.magnetcity.net/


I just glossed over your last post and saw you ordered some. Post some pics when you get them all done!

 

[jdsac]

What's wrong with these? The often go on sale for around $2 . If necessary, you could remove the magnet part .

https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in-magnetic-tool-holder-60433.html

 

[PugetDude]

What's wrong with these? The often go on sale for around $2 . If necessary, you could remove the magnet part .

https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in-magnetic-tool-holder-60433.html

They only attract Chinesium...

 

[budget76]

What's wrong with these? The often go on sale for around $2 . If necessary, you could remove the magnet part .

https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in-magnetic-tool-holder-60433.html

I have several of these kicking around, but they don't work for this project. the corian material is only 1/2" thick and these magnets are more like 3/4, I'd have to stack 2-3 layers of Corian to be able to recess one of these in and have holes for these sockets. Definitely COULD work, but I wanted to keep the holders shorter so I don't run into drawer height issues

the HF magnets do work great, I have one laying vertical in my socket drawer holding the base of extensions against a side of the drawer so they stay put.

 

[Is this thing on]

Kitchen fridge/freeze door seals have magnets in them 5/16 wide, 3/16th thick or so. and length of doors
Go to your local recycle/dump and take the door seal magnets,

 

[Capt Chrysler]

Google Adams Magnetic.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Harbor Freight (and many other sources) sell tiny rare earth magnets that are 5/16" in diameter x 1/8" thick. I bought some a while back; I haven't used them for anything yet so they're just stuck to my refrigerator door, but they're really strong. Could you inset them into your Corian?

https://www.harborfreight.com/10-piece-rare-earth-magnets-67488.html