Garage Organizers
Our many sizes of magnets are suitable to hold most any size tool. Get all of those yard and hand tools off the floor and up on the wall where you won't trip over them.
Metal Detectors
Looking for metal or that elusive property pin? Put a large neodymium magnet on a stick or pole and you should be able to find it quickly.
Holding Wings on Model Airplanes
Using magnets to attach the wings on model aircraft allows the wings to release in a crash. This reduces breakage and maintenance time.
Cabinet Latches
If you have old and weak magnetic cabinet latches, sticking a strong neodymium magnet on the back or side of the old latch will usually bring it back to life. We have also seen craftsmen embed our powerful magnets into their furniture to create invisible magnetic latches.
Attaching Name Tags to Clothing without Pins
If you don't want to put a pin through your nice clothing to wear a name tag, a couple of medium sized neodymium disc magnets will do the trick. Simply place one on the inside of your clothing and one on the name tag. We also have a few specialized name badges with adhesive tape attached.
Miniature Wargaming
Many of our customers use our small discs and blocks to make parts of their miniatures interchangeable. Games like: Warhammer Fantasy, Wahammer 40K, Warmachine, Flames of War just to name a few, all easily lend themselves to removable and/or configurable parts. Things like tanks turrets, weapons, model bases, equipment, banner poles, display boards, storage etc. all become much more versatile and fun to play with when part can be easily removed and/or interchanged. For more information, visit this site: Miniature Wargaming - Free Wargames Resources.
Traction Magnets for Slot Cars
Some of the faster slot cars use traction magnets to help stick the car to the track for faster lap times. You can use neodymium magnets, in place of, or in addition to the stock magnets, to make the car stick to the track even better and decrease lap times. We have some custom traction magnets for the Tyco 440-X2 cars that will be available soon. Custom neo traction magnets for other cars will also be available in the future.
Magnetic Couplers on Model Railroad Cars
Tired of weak magnetic couplers on those old model railroad cars coming loose? Strengthen the coupler by using neodymium magnets instead. No more model crashes.
Christmas Light and Decoration Hangers
Many people use our magnets to hang Christmas decorations on their steel front door, or pretty much anywhere you can stick a magnet. Even if you have aluminum rain gutters, you can use magnets to hang lights and decorations. Simply put one magnet on the inside of the gutter and one on the outside. Those decorations aren't going anywhere! Also see our Mounting Magnets and Hooks for more magnetic hanging options.
Magnetic Stirrers
Scientists use magnetic stirrers so they don't have to dip a stirring stick into a mixture and risk contamination. One magnet goes in the solution to be stirred, and one moves around the outside to agitate the submerged magnet.
Homemade Compass
Each of our neo magnets is strong enough to react to the earth's magnetic field. If they are suspended or allowed to freely spin, they will always line up to magnetic north/south.
Building Generators
Magnets are an essential part of any generator. The stronger the magnets, the more efficient the generator.
Science Experiments
From preschool though graduate school, magnets make for wonderfully entertaining and educational experiments. Everyone can learn from, and be entertained by the incredible power of neodymium magnets.
Finding MicroMeteorites
Apparently the Earth is bombarded by millions of tiny meteorites every day. A strong magnet can help you find the ones that fall near you. Steve Spangler tells you how.
Education
Magnetism effects our everyday lives in more ways than most people think about. Magnets make great teachers aids for demonstrations. They can be used with our nickel plated steel balls to visualize molecules, geometric shapes, architectural and engineering principles, and many other mathematical and scientific principles.
Magnetic Jewelry
Our spheres, discs, and cubes are often used to form magnetic bracelets and necklaces. Some people just like them because they are fun and attractive, others use them for magnetic therapy.
Pierce-free Body Jewelry
Our smaller magnets (large ones will pinch and hurt) are often used as pierce-free body jewelry.
Cleaning Fish Tanks from the Outside
One strong magnet inside of a rag or sponge placed on the inside of the tank can be guided around with another strong magnet from the outside. No more getting your shirt sleeves wet!
Holding Spare Keys in Place - Car and Home
Our strong magnets are often used to hang a key or key ring somewhere concealed under a car or outside of a house or apartment.
Water Conditioning
Many people believe that powerful rare earth magnets can soften their water and remove contaminants. The fancy magnetic water conditioners that you buy are simply two or three medium or large neodymium magnets in a holder that wraps around a water pipe. You can save a ton of money by building your own using our neodymium magnets.
Making your own Fuel Mileage Extender
Very similar to the water conditioning magnets. Many people believe that strong magnets placed on a fuel line leading to the engine will increase gas mileage and reduce emissions. Two neodymium magnets placed on opposite sides of a fuel line will do the same thing as the expensive "fuel extenders" being sold elsewhere.
Refrigerator Magnets
Pretty self-explanatory. Neodymium magnets can help reduce clutter and hang even large objects from your fridge.
Stupid Bar Tricks
One of "Harry-the-Hat's" favorite props.
Attaching Bags to Motorcycles
Our larger magnets are often used to secure custom bags to motorcycles -usually on the gas tank. A few powerful magnets will hold a bag at even highway speeds.
Holding "Star Trek Transponders" to Costumes (no kidding)
More than one customer has used our magnets to make removable and replaceable Star Trek Transponders for use in a production.
Magnetic Jewelry Clasps
Smaller discs and rings are often used to close bracelets and necklaces. Perfect for people that can't quite do those tiny clasps and snaps. We have custom made rings that are specifically designed for this application. You can see them here: R414CL.
Picking up Stray Nails and Screws
Magnets are often used to pick up nails and other metal debris from construction sites, roads and driveways.
Replacement Magnets for Bicycle Computers
Most bicycle odometers/speedometers/onboard computers use a strong magnet to trip a magnetic switch sensor to count revolutions per minute, from which computer calculates speed and distance. Our 1/2" x 1/4" discs (D84 or D84B) can be used as replacements for lost magnets or one can be placed on each bicycle that the computer is used on, to eliminate moving a single magnet from bike to bike.
Accelerating the Aging of Wine and Liquor
This is a new one to us, but apparently, some people swear that exposing wine or liquor to strong magnetic fields accelerates the aging process. We have even seen commercial units being sold that contained our neodymium magnets. We have not experimented with this yet, but you may want to. Please drink responsibly.
Perpetual Motion
The "Holy Grail" of the science world. Many people have tried it, nobody has yet succeeded (that we know of). Is there free energy in magnets? It would sure seem like it to most people, but until someone invents the perpetual motion machine, the laws of thermodynamics say "no".