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Waterjet Refrigerator Magnets

Waterjet Refrigerator Magnets
Make your own refrigerator magnets!

(of course, you can also free-hand with an exacto knife -- be careful!)

Brilliant - you can write on magnetic sheeting using dry-erase markers!


Also, attached is a pdf on how to use a waterjet in general.
 
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Step 1Acquire Magnetic Vinyl Sheeting

Acquire Magnetic Vinyl Sheeting
A lot of sign-making places will give you their scraps for free. I got mine online at http://www.dickblick.com/zz289/21/.

The company that makes it told me that you can laser cut the magnetic sheeting just fine, no problem, it's been done, but to avoid laser cutting any magnetic sheeting covered with vinyl (the shiny colored part, shown here in color "gold", much more sparkly in real life than in this picture), because of the noxious fumes.
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3 comments
May 25, 2009. 11:58 AMM4industries says:
Of course we all have a $100,000 water jet cutter in our basement. Industrial machining is no skin off my bones! Water Jets FTW!
Mar 4, 2009. 11:18 PMLance Mt. says:
Sweet.. Now all i need to to is pick one up from down the road... I'm sure they'll give it to me for a Chinese container full of coins... (sigh)
Mar 31, 2008. 1:19 PMreeding says:
where the hell do you get a waterjet

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