minus-squarerglink@lemmy.worldOPto3DPrinting@lemmy.world•Magnetic Fidget Geometric ShapeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoSomewhat, yes. The design I copied from uses 5mm magnets, which actually are pretty difficult to source, and much more expensive than disc magnets. I’m curious if regular disc magnets would work as well, but you also need so many of them. Even the smallest set of 12 pentagons takes 60 magnets. Though you also could do embedded magnets if you used discs… linkfedilink
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Somewhat, yes. The design I copied from uses 5mm magnets, which actually are pretty difficult to source, and much more expensive than disc magnets.
I’m curious if regular disc magnets would work as well, but you also need so many of them. Even the smallest set of 12 pentagons takes 60 magnets.
Though you also could do embedded magnets if you used discs…