Ok, I know that is a dumb title for the thread but I didn't know what else to put.
I have steel patio doors, they have the big wood blinds on then and have little plastic things at the bottom to hole them. Well they get broke all the time so now I decided to make some from wood with magnets in them. The test ones are working really well so I am now making the final ones.
I am using hard maple, I had some 4/4 scraps.
They are 2 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 7/8 and have 2, 1/2" rare earth magnets in the end to attach to the door. There is a hole 1" from the magnet end that the blinds are screwed to so they can pivot when you one then or close them.
Now the question which way is the strongest or is there a difference.
The longer part up or the longer part down, I can not feel any difference but I do not have a way to measure it.
The pull would be up at the pivot point.
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