Rare Earth Magnets (SE Melb)

[Bird]

http://www.carbatec.com.au/rare-earth-magnets_c20560
Found this place today and the prices don't look bad and they have a few options...

and looking at their website...  "Please note that it is illegal to send these magnets by post because they pose a danger to aircraft. We will not post them under any circumstances"

Wonder how many ebay sellers realise this...

[noel_w]

Yeah I bought some off fleabay recently, delivered by airmail from Peking. Didn't know they were illegal to post. We have a Carbatec not far from home so will be going there to get my next lot.
Thanks Lost

[gronk]

How else are you going to get them then

How did they get them in the 1st place

Have they got an option for swag mail

[paceman]

i believe they can be shipped via post, but they have to be packed properly:

http://aussiemagnets.com.au/pages/Shipping-and-Returns.html


i would like to see the ban documentation on rare earth magnets.  why can i get them via ebay?  what's the point of having the ban if you can still get them?

i have had many magnets delivered domestically and overseas with no issues.

[Bird]

i would like to see the ban documentation on rare earth magnets.  why can i get them via ebay?  what's the point of having the ban if you can still get them?

I can by tazers and cross bows etc on ebay and from the interwebs - doesn't mean its legal..


also theres this I found on a forum
http://www.productsafety.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/997517/fromItemId/997511

[paceman]

I can by tazers and cross bows etc on ebay and from the interwebs - doesn't mean its legal..


also theres this I found on a forum
http://www.productsafety.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/997517/fromItemId/997511

but if it is as critical as they say about danger to aircraft, then how are they allowed to get on a plane?  also, what's wrong with road postage?

that link is about selling specific types of magnets, in specific circumstances.  we are talking about not being able to post them....

[Bird]

but if it is as critical as they say about danger to aircraft, then how are they allowed to get on a plane?  also, what's wrong with road postage?

Read what those magnets do to mobile phones and stuff on the net. I'd believe the plane gig but maybe only in large amounts..

that link is about selling specific types of magnets, in specific circumstances.  we are talking about not being able to post them....

yea that link was just a bonus thing I found on magnets.

[paceman]

Read what those magnets do to mobile phones and stuff on the net. I'd believe the plane gig but maybe only in large amounts..

yea that link was just a bonus thing I found on magnets.

i have read...

then why can 'aussie magnets' post these magnets?  like i say, would love to see the ban docs. 

all they are doing is losing business for themselves...

[Bird]

then why can 'aussie magnets' post these magnets?  like i say, would love to see the ban docs.

Ask them for it.

[paceman]

Ask them for it.

i may just do that... like you said, their prices are quite reasonable...

[chester ver2.0]

I am only having a guess is that maybe they can be airfreighted just not in bulk and Aussie magnets may be being tight arses but i can blame them as it is sometimes cheaper to ship something in from overseas that it is to move from one side of this country to another

[muzza01]

Magnets and thermometers have always been a no no on aircraft. The mercury in thermometers is extremely corrosive to aluminium and magnets can affect the old style aircraft compass.

[grafy82]

Prices seem about 2 -2.5 times the price of same items on ebay. My ebay magnets parcels have always been wrapped in about 300 layers of bubble wrap.

[johnno48]

Do not drop them as they are earth not metal

[Crimso]

What does one do with a rare earth magnet?

[paceman]

Prices seem about 2 -2.5 times the price of same items on ebay. My ebay magnets parcels have always been wrapped in about 300 layers of bubble wrap.

but don't take half as long to get here... i'm happy to pay a bit of a premium if i need them...

[paceman]

What does one do with a rare earth magnet?

i use mine to hold my led lights to the tent poles...

[Crimso]

i use mine to hold my led lights to the tent poles...

My LED's are in aluminium extrusions, so I take it the magnet is glued onto the aluminium?
Beats the electrical ties I've been destroying at every camp! 

[grafy82]

Rare earth magnets under heatshrink on my striplights.

[Bird]

http://www.carbatec.com.au/

If anyone is into Woodworking, this place is the holy grail... my god I've never seen anywhere like it for specialized wood working tools ONLY...

[Barry G]

http://www.carbatec.com.au/

If anyone is into Woodworking, this place is the holy grail... my god I've never seen anywhere like it for specialized wood working tools ONLY...

Indeed, carbatec =woodwork porn!!! ?

[noel_w]

http://www.carbatec.com.au/

If anyone is into Woodworking, this place is the holy grail... my god I've never seen anywhere like it for specialized wood working tools ONLY...

Quite often go there to empty the drool. Have been banned from going there anymore as I get "the wants" as she calls it.

[paceman]

My LED's are in aluminium extrusions, so I take it the magnet is glued onto the aluminium?
Beats the electrical ties I've been destroying at every camp! 

similar to grafy82's above, but mine are glued to pvc pipe and then covered in clear heatshrink...

link to my led lights is in my signature below...

[Pipeliner]

30+ years ago I worked for a company in the UK which made float switches which contained magnets - when these needed airfreighting we had to pack the boxes in a special way on the pallet so that the magnetic fields from individual switches cancelled each other out, then go round the complete pallet with a gaussmeter to ensure that the residual magnetic flux at 1m from the load was within acceptable limits.

So you can airfreight magnets if you know what you are doing, but it's quite understandable why Carbatec won't (and why Australia Post won't accept them).

[Footy Shorts Shane]

This stuff works well for led strips.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1M-3FT-Brand-High-Quality-Rubber-Magnetic-Tape-10mm-Wide-Roll-Strip-Tape-Craft-/140919794312?_trksid=p2054897.l5666