Flat pack furniture

[harryagain]

OK but how do you get it apart?

[Brian Gaff]

A very large alternating current degouser?

Brian

[Tim+]

Back when I was a kid magnets didn't make permanent joins. Have they changed?

Tim

[Andy Burns]

Some have ...

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[Tim Watts]

On Monday 23 December 2013 08:31 Tim+ wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Yes - they are now insanely strong!

eg you do not want to get your old man between 2 of these bad boys:

I have a number of neodymium fridge magnets - 2 are keyrings that can hold large bunches of keys. I have several 20mm ones that can clamp 20-30 sheets of paper to the same.

[Jim K]

Sheet steel chair? Brr! Watch the chalfonts!

Jim K

[Tim+]

Yeah well, it seems somewhat obvious that furniture that is intended to be "demountable" will only use magnets that are "strong enough"

From an environmental POV, not sure that this is a step forward. Rare earth magnet production is incredibly "dirty".

Tim

[Muddymike]

Dear MFI my credit cards all stopped working after I sat on your steel seated magnetic chair with my wallet in my pocket!

Mike

[DerbyBorn]

Tim+ wrote in news:1120100615409482444.374731timdownie2003- nospampleaseyahoo.co.uk@news .eternal-september.org:

I think we are wasting resources in using rare earth magents for trivial uses (such as toys). I believe they all come from China.We will get dependant on them and then the Chinese will refuse to supply the magnets and will only supply the final items at a high cost.

[Dave Liquorice]

Quite, One place I visit has some bar type chairs made from ali. These are outside, you really do not want to sit on them for very long at all or you get a frozen backside.

Also looking at the picture of the chair the seat and back aren't shaped so not only will they be cold and suck heat from your bum, they will be uncomfortable. Very much as case of form over function.

[newshound]

Heat above the Curie point....

[John Rumm]

That is why there is some wood in the design - you set light to it, and it helps raise the temperature of the magnets to the Curie point. Looking at the design, it might also improve it!

[John Williamson]

Benjamin Vermeulen (The designer)says the design means the furniture is "just a sturdy as one that that has been assembled using traditional flat-pack methods".

I'd say the trick would be to get it to stay together, if that's the case.

[Brian Gaff]

Yes that would work but slightly singe the materials I'd have thought.

Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Some of the very powerful ones made from exotic materials are very very strong indeed.

Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Another thought of course is that one can use an adhesive and just use the magnets to hold it together till it sets. Brian

[spuorgelgoog]

And you couldn't buy it mail order as most carriers refuse to carry strong magnets.

(Not that that stops ebay sellers of course)

Owain

[harryagain]

Neodymiun rare earth magnets presumably.

[harryagain]

Quite right. We need them for wind turbines and electric cars.

[harryagain]

If you ever handled these magnets, you would see that will never be a problem. They are strong enough to kill.