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Originally Posted by Jeff
Checked eBay, posted in the classifieds, and no one seems have a double ion trap with the black and blue bands, the kind used on the 10bp4. I know it's probably not as simple as it seems, but it's technically just two magnets. Obviously it seems like I could just take two permanent magnets and make some kind of holder for them, but that's just too easy, right?
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nope , it's not that easy
you have to take into account gauss , polarity and spacing... not all traps are the same, I found this out the hard way.
back before I found the original hardware for my FADA ( and the Ion Trap ), I got one on eBay.
After the original was found, I noticed that the eBay one was MUCH stronger than the original, and the spacing was slightly different of the tabs, at first I had thought the original old one lost it's power, till I tried it, and it worked perfectly, and the eBay one was WAY WAY to strong for my 12lp4, and most likely no good for a 10bp4, w/o knowing what it was made for, its useless.
and trying to make one w/o knowing magnet power will not be easy.