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    Magnetic tablet stand

    Hi again, I have a further question. First a bit of an update: I've extracted two Nd magnets from an old hard drive and successfully built a prototype that is strong enough to hold regular (~120g) smartphones. To simulate a thin metal plate I used pieces of olfa knife blades stuck behind the...
  2. joshua1000

    Magnetic tablet stand

    Thanks for being so helpful! So...if I'm getting this right, I'm at the point where I should be thinking about a prototype. I guess I should be making a modular design with the possibily of changing the gap size if I understand you correctly? My original idea was to go with a simple cylindrical...
  3. joshua1000

    Magnetic tablet stand

    Not quite sure I understand. And it seems I forgot to mention that the JPG is a cross-section. Sorry about that. :) I've inluded another JPG, this time it shows what the whole thing should look like. Just for reference, that a 7.7" inch tablet, but I'd like to make this very modular. I plan on...
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    Magnetic tablet stand

    Forgot to include the aforementioned JPG file [blush]http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj8/paranoiadotkom/stand.jpg
  5. joshua1000

    Magnetic tablet stand

    Hello all, I'm trying do design a magnetic tablet stand. Something like iOmounts, but I'm going the DIY way about it. I'm pretty crafty with Inventor and got all the proportions the way I'd like them to be but now I've come down to choosing the magnets. My desing is as illustrated in the...

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