I just bought a bunch of rare-earth magnets at 25¢ each, and I am currently using four in a newly modified kilt pin. The magnets are a quarter inch in diameter, and my kilt pin looks the same as always. All I did was tear off the actual pin (leaving the stubs) and glued on two magnets.
I decided on two magnets so that the pin would stay oriented the same way (a sideways kilt pin would look weird). Right now I am using dollar store super glue, and just ordered some epoxy. The super glue is fine, but I figure better be safe, eh?
Anyway, I have done some running, just to see how much the pin moves, and after 10 minutes, it had moved about half an inch down the kilt. On the other hand, that is an improvement from before, when it would just fall out. I am thinking of getting a steel backing for the magnets on the other side, to strengthen the magnets (why not?) and to keep them together.
I would say to experiment with a cheap kilt pin, and you should just go ahead and epoxy a magnet to the pin. A quarter-inch magnet is not going to show (well, it doesn't on my pin anyway).
As for losing the pin, that happened a lot in pin form, but not yet in magnet form. Then again, I modified it two days ago, so I can't say for sure that it is flawless. I'll let you know in a couple weeks?
Oh, and I got my magnets from here:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,42363,42348
Also, this is my first post. Nice to be here.
Matt
P.S. I am also thinking of doing the same thing to a brooch when I finally get a fly plaid. I really don't like the idea of repeatedly putting a hole in a nice jacket. With kilt pins, at least it's down low where people probably won't look, but on a jacket, well, anyway, has anybody here modified a brooch?
Originally Posted by Daaaaang
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