Comment on pretty basic but I made myself a less mess espresso basket prep ring thing.
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year agoIf it’s at all magnetic (I know some stainless isn’t) then you could probably just slap a neodidlium magnet on either side to hold it. Or you could make something to locate the phlangey things on the portafilter and attach them to the outside of the ring? Could even be as simple as 4 nails with the tips ground off?
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 year ago
I have neodymium magnets from another project. I should do that. They’re about 2cm in diameter, but I can probably cut them to size.
yokonzo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I am by no means sure of this, but wouldn’t cutting them throw off the magnetic alignment?
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
No. The magnetism comes from macroscopic ordering of microscopic features.
Basically you know how if you strap magnets together you get big magnet? small magnet is smaller magnets strapped together.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 year ago
I’ve broken several of them, and they kept their magnetism. Neodymium magnets are like friggin glass in their fragility, though.