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techtalk:ref:priclutch01 [2018/06/17 05:01]
hippysmack [Removing the Magnets]
techtalk:ref:priclutch01 [2018/06/17 06:27]
hippysmack [Installing the Magnets]
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     * Install them without epoxy, they will all be holding by themselves and against each other if their positions are right. Now calculate the total gap between the two open ends (where there are no magnets), divide the gap by the number of magnets and that will give you the shim (or spacer) thickness. Cut spacers that length and shim them all apart as you glue them in. ((rejeanprimeau of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=1958787))     * Install them without epoxy, they will all be holding by themselves and against each other if their positions are right. Now calculate the total gap between the two open ends (where there are no magnets), divide the gap by the number of magnets and that will give you the shim (or spacer) thickness. Cut spacers that length and shim them all apart as you glue them in. ((rejeanprimeau of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=1958787))
     * Or, [[techtalk:​ref:​tools139|here is a template you can make]] to evenly space the magnets when re-installing them.     * Or, [[techtalk:​ref:​tools139|here is a template you can make]] to evenly space the magnets when re-installing them.
-  * **Make sure the magnets are polarized correctly** (N/​S/​N/​S/​N/​S) __before__ you glue them in. 
-    * Magnets placed N/S attract each other and N/N or S/S placement pushes the magnets apart. ((rejeanprimeau of the XLFOEUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=1958787)) 
-    * If one or more are turned wrong, you'll have a bad charging. ((juzyHD of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=2000061&​highlight=splines+hub)) 
   * **Fill the gaps between the magnets with epoxy** and they probably won't move again. ((juzyHD of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=2000061&​highlight=splines+hub&​page=2))   * **Fill the gaps between the magnets with epoxy** and they probably won't move again. ((juzyHD of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=2000061&​highlight=splines+hub&​page=2))
   * **Get some clamps to hold those powerful little buggers in while gluing them** and watch out for pinched fingers. ((bustert   * **Get some clamps to hold those powerful little buggers in while gluing them** and watch out for pinched fingers. ((bustert
 of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=1958787)) of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=1958787))
 +  * **Make sure the magnets are polarized correctly** (N/​S/​N/​S/​N/​S) __before__ you glue them in.
 +    * Magnets placed N/S attract each other and N/N or S/S placement pushes the magnets apart. ((rejeanprimeau of the XLFOEUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=1958787))
 +    * If one or more are turned wrong, you'll have a bad charging. ((juzyHD of the XLFORUM http://​xlforum.net/​forums/​showthread.php?​t=2000061&​highlight=splines+hub))
  
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