Thin flexable neo magnets?

[David King]

I bumped into this stuff, could be interesting. Those old lace sensor pickups used the cheap flex magnets, these might be an improvement...
http://skycraftsurplus.com/index.asp...OD&ProdID=1864

[Spence]

Could be just the ticket for those thin archtop pickups. Thanks for the link.

[pupoholic]

be sure to run it thru the magnetizer - pulling thru it in even pass -
otherwise its direction is N-S-E-W
Sensors are barium ferrite - and the tape magnet roll - needed pulled thru a magnetizer -

While employeed there making Lace Sucks pickups not suck so much,
I did try stronger magnets in the Sensors - it became the "Power Sensors" when I added a ceramic bar under the comb/bobbin - it did not help the design - just added a new midrange. - less highs -

[David King]

More specs here:
http://www.edyne.com/neodymium.html

Pup, good question re orientation. I don't see anything on orientation, I doubt very much if orientation could be changed w/o a very big and expensive magnetizer.

[David Schwab]

I'm not sure you can re-magnetize neodymium with any of the usual methods. You'd need something much stronger than the neo.

[edit] David, I see you just said the same thing.

[David Schwab]

Hey, did everyone see they say:

Due to its flexible nature, these flexible rare earth magnets can be easily slit, drilled, punched, scissor cut, or die-cut to size, allowing for economical prototyping and production quantities through the use of low cost tooling techniques. Used in such products as graphic reproduction machines and guitar pickups.

Doesn't say if it's isotropic or anisotropic however.

[David King]

I found this page, we want "conventional"
http://www.edyne.com/methods.html

Hey they also sell a Ndym powered magnetizer that's cheaper than a similarly capable impulse magnetizer.
http://www.edyne.com/magnetizer.html

[David Schwab]

Cool stuff. I think I could find uses for that flex stuff.

Damn, that magnetizer will do ceramic magnets.

Do you see prices anywhere?

[Possum]

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that magnetizer is just for doing sheet stock type stuff, it just has two big ass neodymium magnets in a jig is all it is.