Magnet Experiment Phase 2

I glued the other pair of magnets into the edge of the front panels last night, and I’m giving them 24 hours to cure before testing them out:

I had a previous project where I did not wait long enough for epoxy to cure and the two magnets slowly worked their way out of the wood they were glued into, until one came out completely! I used them on a door so that when it was closed it would stay closed without any special hinges or physical catches. They even act as a great soft-close mechanism where the door gets close to slamming shut but the force of the magnets slow it down it closes silently! Until the magnet falls out. 😭

These magnets may just be too strong versus the epoxy and will pull themselves out no matter what I do. If that’s the case then I’ll go with my backup design: cut a groove into the player station sides and add a tenon to the front panel so that they fit together when closed:

In fact I’m kind of wishing I had thought of this design sooner, as it’s much less messy, time consuming, and expensive than working with the magnets. Even if the magnets work, I may just go with this solution on the rest of the player stations (and somehow patch the one I already did).