You are thinking of a magnetic field as a force. Stop it. Think, instead, of a piece of metal which has two ends. Think of particles which want to travel from one end to the other. They travel slowly in air, and other non magnetic fields, and faster in ferrous objects. Thus the lines of travel are longer through air, and shorter through ferrous things. Now, the particles desperately want to get from one end to the other, so when a ferrous object comes near, they tug at it, trying to make it part of their path. You cannot block their path. Magnetic shielding is simply a nice way of saying 'lets create a path *through* the casing of the device, instead of through the device itself, or creating a field opposite the one we want to avoid, thus deflecting the obnoxious field.' So your 'magnetic shielding' either creates a path (thus short circuiting the entire magnet, and no field reaches the disc) or creates a road block which the 'particles' will stream around. But the particles will always want to get back to their own magnet, so the amount of prticles going from magnet A North to magnet B south must be matched by the same number of particles going from magnet B North to magnet A South. Thus all 'forces' you are trying to capture must equal out, and, in the end, you will get no energy from the magnets that you don't give them in the first place. PLEASE NOTE: There are not such particles, a permanent magnet has a field which is static. Einstien was trying to create a 'universal equation' which contained all the forces we experience, but he couldn't figure out magnetism before he died. It is not a subject we can easily discuss with quantum physics, nevermind without them. So I made up my own rules for the sake of the argument, and, aside from the words, the description is how static ('permanent') magnetic fields will react with your objects. I hope this helps! -Adam Wagner Lipnharski wrote: > > What is the most positive way to block magnetic field using a 5mm *any > material* board? > Take a look at the picture and tell me why it doesn't work. > http://www.ustr.net/jpg/moto1.jpg