Magnetic recessed window mount

thingiverse

I needed a way to mount a sheet of acrylic as a window on my Ikea Besta wall cabinets. The Ikea glass doors have a thick bezel that hides the contents a bit, so I thought a sheet of acrylic recessed into the cabinet would work perfectly. I cut a piece of acrylic to size for my Besta shelf (555mm x 320mm x 3mm) and went looking for a mount on Thingiverse. However, I didn't find something that caught my eye, so I decided to try designing something myself. I had some rare earth magnets that I bought from Deal Extreme a long time ago (15mm x 1mm), so I thought I could use those to hold the acrylic up. I also had 8g x 32mm counter sunk screws, so I sized the hole to accommodate these. You can check out the Ikea Besta cabinet here: https://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40245958/ And you can see the 15mm rare earth magnets here: https://www.dx.com/p/super-strong-rare-earth-re-magnets-15mm-x-1mm-100-pack-2005591