what do you call....

[davemchine]

I have a bunch of paper on my fridge held on by magnets. I was thinking about getting some sort of magnetic paper holder like I've seen in an office attached to the side of a file cabinet but I have no idea what they are called. I tried a few name variations on amazon with no luck. Ideas are welcome.

[davemchine]

ack, found it

[clay]

anything here? http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1?rh=i...etic+strip&keywords=magnetic+strip&ie=UTF8&qid=1401826350

edit: Ok, I see what you mean, my link is probably not helpful, then.

[cbelt3]

FWIW... having tried those things, they are guaranteed to fall off after being loaded with too much junk and a teenager kicks the fridge door shut after liberating all the food for 'a snack'.

Do not recommend. Heck.. I even replaced the cheesy magnets with epoxied on SmCo magnets, and it went kersplat.

[OWC Jamie]

they get knocked off by hips and shoulders too


and that picture of a file folder standing at attention looks real pretty in the photo but one day of New England humidity will have that thing curled into a scoop shaped sail catching the faintest of breezes as anyone and anything saunters by

[Black]

I have had several and in each case the magnet's adhesive failed within a few weeks, (leaving me with some nice big magnets at least.)
I think I drilled them and hung them on walls after that.

[eustacetilley]

It was because of his frustration with magnets that Eric Von Zipper went on to invent Velcro, named after his Bike.
He tried a few other options first:



Actually, I just finished up a project on the boat- the rewiring. A lot of the original wiring went everywhichwhere, especially the interior lighting.
I got several terminal strips, (8X2, $1 each from The Blue Pelican.) Normally, these are supposed to be screwed down, but on general principles, I put no more holes in boats than absolutely necessary, and the Teak looks great as is.
The local Ace Hardware sells I" Velcro: $2 a foot. They have several colors, so I bought three feet each of black and clear.
The terminal strips are also 1" wide, so the Velcro is invisible. The neat thing is, when I find my mistakes, it's easy to change the wiring, or even relocate entire terminal strips, leaving no holes or sticky stuff behind.

So I suggest that whatever container you decide on, Velcro it in place.

Eustace

[tenders]

That Velcro will be great until the adhesive fails and you have an 8x2 bus connection flopping around and bumping into other metal bits with reckless abandon. You really should use a screw for that. Save the Velcro for sail ties.

Ah, boat wiring. I finished the installation of a ship/shore AC switch a few weeks ago so I can easily put my El Cheapo Harbor Freight inverter to work without running extension cords all over the boat. I bought the switch on eBay for a song...new old stock, it was made in 1992. I suspect I've spent more time futzing with that than I will spend actually using it.

[kj4btkljv]

Screw the folder holders to the fridge, that'll fix 'em.



Jeff