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From: lendube
Date: 02-27-2007, 12:07 PM (1 of 17)
If you use a magnetic pin holder DON'T buy stainless steel pins!  Lennie 
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User: lendube
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From: Pudge99
Date: 02-27-2007, 12:36 PM (2 of 17)
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I don't get it. Why not?
Gina
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User: Pudge99
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From: vickyb61
Date: 02-27-2007, 01:41 PM (3 of 17)
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Gina, a lot of stainless steel is not magnetic. Lennie, thanks for the tip! I wouldn't have even thought of looking at what the pins were made of. I love my magnetic pin cushion. Especially when I've dropped pins all over the floor. I can just run the magnet around picking them up. Vicky
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User: vickyb61
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From: Magot
Date: 02-27-2007, 01:55 PM (4 of 17)
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Iron, nickel and cobalt are magnetic metals - often alloys of them are as well - like steel - which is why a magnet will stick to a fridge. I'm confused by your pins, Lennie - they should work as steel is generally iron + carbon and other impurities.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Pudge99
Date: 02-27-2007, 02:14 PM (5 of 17)
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I thought that is what I learned way back when in science class, or maybe it was my jewelry and metals class. So glad to know I had not lost it. HMMM. So now I wonder are those pins really steel?
Gina
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From: lendube
Date: 02-27-2007, 07:01 PM (6 of 17)
You know, I haven't a clue why they don't stick  but they don't. I bought a box of nice glass head pins a while back to add to my stock. I dumped them onto the magnetic pin cushion and they went all over the place. I thought it was very strange and played with the new ones and the old ones for a minute. I looked on the package and saw that they were stainless steel. My other pins stick no problem. I have all stainless steel appliances in my kitchen. I used to cover my fridge in magnets but not a one sticks to any of the appliances now. At least my fridge is neater looking  but not as convenient for notes, etc. Took the pins back today and ended up with some nice Gingher 5" scissors. Lennie |
User: lendube
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From: ohiodeb
Date: 02-27-2007, 07:44 PM (7 of 17)
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I just purchased all new stainless steel appliances and you're right that no magnets work. I just use the sides for all my notes so at least the front is cleared off now. Haven't bought any stainless steel pins! I'll have to be careful about that. |
User: ohiodeb
Member since: 01-07-2007 Total posts: 9 |
From: mcfay
Date: 03-04-2007, 02:43 PM (8 of 17)
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Maybe all the new appliances are really aluminum and just sprayed with a coating of stainless. Not enough for the magnet to hold. By the way I use a round long (about 2") magnet setting on my machine to hold pins as I take them out of my project as I'm sewing. It keeps them from scattering. |
User: mcfay
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 03-04-2007, 03:21 PM (9 of 17)
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Lenny I think I wuold have liked the scissors better anyway. I have to get me a pair of those 5" Gingher scissors. I took a look at them when Andrea told us about hers. Better put them on my wish list right now. I had a acrylic fridge front in Chalmette and I used that puddy the teachers use in school to stick my grandkids masterpieces on my fridge. Worked really well. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
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From: lendube
Date: 03-04-2007, 04:25 PM (10 of 17)
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Good idea, Susie! Oh, I love the new scissors. I got the Gingher 5" knife edge. I used them today for the first time for seam trimming, etc. They are a dream. I got them 40% off at JoAnn's but they were only $26.00 or so regularly which doesn't seem bad. I highly recommend them and thank Pam for bringing those to my attention. Lennie |
User: lendube
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From: leah777
Date: 03-15-2007, 08:24 AM (11 of 17)
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Lennie, thanks for the tip! I wouldn't have even thought of looking at what the pins were made of. I love my magnetic pin cushion. Especially when I've dropped pins all over the floor. I can just run the magnet around picking them up. I love the telescoping magnet I have for picking up dropped pins (got it at the $1 shop) . . . whether under the machine & under my chair, makes gathering up dropped pins a breeze! It also helps me find them since my eyes simply aren't as good as they used to be. 'Course, my kitty likes that telescoping magnet too and chases it around while I'm trying to gather my pins  But yeah, stainless steel pins will not adhere to a magnet. From what I've read, 400 series stainless which is what is used in some kitchen appliances, contains no nickel (one of the more expensive alloys in stainless) and is therefore magnetic, OR it goes thru a process (cold-rolling) by which it is rendered non-magnetic. The 300 series, contains nickel which is non-magnetic. I'm guessing the 400 series is used for pins. |
User: leah777
Member since: 02-20-2007 Total posts: 10 |
From: lendube
Date: 03-15-2007, 11:19 AM (12 of 17)
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Interesting. Thanks for that. I'll keep my eye out for one of the telescoping magnets. Bet they'd be handy for other things as well. (Dh's itty bitty fishing reel pieces, etc.) We have carpet that hides everything. Nice generally speaking but hell when it comes to finding anything. Lennie 
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User: lendube
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From: leah777
Date: 03-15-2007, 01:57 PM (13 of 17)
| Yeah, Lennie, my hubby keeps one of these in his tool box to use on the job. He works on video & vending machines. It comes in real handy to pick up dropped screws, nuts, etc. |
User: leah777
Member since: 02-20-2007 Total posts: 10 |
From: Sancin
Date: 03-15-2007, 09:27 PM (14 of 17)
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I don't know what my pins are but everyone sticks to my magnetic pin holder. I buy glass headed ones as I have melted too many plastic ones. It is possible to demagnetise things. Jan would have to tell us how, if we wanted to know, or even how to get the magnetic force back. I have a telescoping and rotating angle head magnetic wand that I purchased at an auto parts shop. They are used to get dropped things out of engines when working on them. Cost next to nothing. I also have a similar wand with a button on the end that opens and closes small claws on the 'magnetic' end that is great for picking up small pieces of what ever falls when sewing. Sometimes small pattern pieces fall behind my sewing table and it is a pain in the back to get to them to pick up. I am quite short and use all sorts of 'picker uppers' around the house. My lastest one has really wide gripper and is very sturdy. I use it to not only get stuff of higher shelves, but clothes at the bottom of the washing machine and things out of the bottom of the freezer (when I finally get there). So check out the auto parts shops and the medical surgical supplies shops. *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 03-15-2007, 09:38 PM (15 of 17)
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Just remember to keep the magnetic pin holders away from your sewing machine if it is computerized....
TTFN from
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User: HeyJudee
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From: Teri
Date: 03-15-2007, 11:57 PM (16 of 17)
Good stainless is not magnetic. My David uses a magnet to check what screws to use on our boat so they won't rust. I bought a magnetic sign for my car and it wouldn't stay on, turns out the body panels of my VW Beetle are fiberglass or plastic 
Teri
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User: Teri
Member since: 09-14-2005 Total posts: 66 
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From: leah777
Date: 03-16-2007, 07:56 AM (17 of 17)
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I am quite short and use all sorts of 'picker uppers' around the house. My lastest one has really wide gripper and is very sturdy. I use it to not only get stuff of higher shelves, but clothes at the bottom of the washing machine and things out of the bottom of the freezer (when I finally get there). Nancy, this sounds like me!! I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one who can't reach the bottom of the washer . . and yes, I have one of those reacher/grabber tools in the laundry room for that purpose, those used a step stool until I found the grabber. Need another one or two so I'm not always having to chase after this one, but guess that will wait for a while. I need that wand with the button grip end on it!
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User: leah777
Member since: 02-20-2007 Total posts: 10 |
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