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Wife- / Living-Room-Friendly Cocktail Cab
drventure:
I'm having a hard time getting my bearings from the pics.
Not sure if it'd work for you but I've had pretty good results using those powerful rare earth magnets for catches.
The thick 1/2" dia ones will hold a +LOT+, and they sell them in various sizes all the way up to smash-your-hand strong.
I'd think a 1" dia unit would be more than enough. and you can counter sink them into the wood, then epoxy in place for a very clean finish.
piecesof8:
Sorry, I should've taken the pics from farther back. Some of the earlier pics show how the third CP folds open.
Thanks for the tip! I'm not sure I've seen those before... Where might I find them?
Edit: Nevermind, I see them on Amazon. I assume I wouldn't want to use something like that in close proximity to the U360's since they use magnets to function... Do you think that would be a problem?
drventure:
Maybe if they were +really+ close, but from what I've seen the magnetic field drops off so quickly, the beyond a few inches, there's not much of a residual effect at all.
gryhnd:
Agree with D.V. Was actually starting to type up a reply last night when I got distracted by Haven and Eureka.
I use rare earth magnets in lots of places around the house: in my cocktail cab to hold the front access panel on, to hold the dog run leads up against the patio doors, to hold some heavy s.s. baffles I attach to the undersides of my kitchen cabinets when the indoor grill is running.
Google for them. I usually use the 1/2" round ones simply because of fit, and get them from Parts Express. There's also a web site called something like Gauss Boys that sells a wide range of shapes and sizes.
jimmy2x2x:
Quite a selection here: http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.1105~search.earth%20magnets
about 10 days delivery for the me in the UK