Magnetic Earrings

Step 4 Frighten your parents

To put on an earring, hold the magnet with the gem in place and then loosely apply the plain magnet to the other side of the relevant piece of anatomy. They are strong enough that it should spring out of your fingers and stick in place with the correct polarity - if you hold the plain magnet in place first, the front one might end up facing the wrong way around.

Small magnets shouldn't exert enough force between them to cut off circulation; be warned that this might be a problem if you use larger, substantially stronger ones and wear them for a long time.

(Note: the only real piercing in these photos is the silver ring in my earlobe. I plan to give the magnetic ones to my un-pierced sisters. Although magnetic jewellery may be rather tacky, it could be a good way to try out a look before getting a real piercing.)

Comments

[astrozombies138]

hmm say i was to place the magnets in the back of two wooden circles would they essentialy be "magnetic plugs"?

[jesuisravi]

haha, the magnets would probably have to be stronger and set in the wooden spheres to avoid gaps?

[danedot]

Hello, I'm Daniela from Romania, and i wanna buy from internet some mini magnets like this for my earrings projects. Can you give me a link ? Here i have not seen such magnets, and i was wondering if can i buy them from America with paypal or somehow. Thank you and have a sunny day :) thank you :)

[xenobiologista]

Hi, I did put the name of the seller of the magnets in the Instructable, it's K&J Magnetics http://kjmagnetics.com/ They accept PayPal.