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Post by eric on Nov 12, 2007 16:55:04 GMT 1
It may sound a bit daft, but whenever I have been working on a model with tiny little parts, it is enevitable that some will ping off the table and onto the floor, the God help you!
Who hasn't been down on hands and knees, bum in to air, going over every square inch of flooring all round the blessed table, picking up miniscule peices of unidentifiable something, looking for that invisible bit that fell?
CLEAN THE FLOOR FIRST, PEOPLE!!
Not only will it make it easier to FIND that missing part, but it earns you brownie points with the wife!
Eric.
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Post by Mike B on Nov 12, 2007 19:23:01 GMT 1
Hi Eric,
You've hit the nail on the head, have a Karma point! It helps if you can put your work table in the corner of the room against two walls. I usually put old cardboard against these two walls so that any parts that shoot that way, bounce back! This gets rid of 50% of the problem. Sit close to the table and your body will also help.
Mike B
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Post by rem2007 on Nov 12, 2007 20:10:08 GMT 1
what do you do if you have carpetting...dropped this tiny little bit of my corvette a few weeks back, looked all over, ate a bag of carrots and then asked the 8 year old.....and wife, eventually found...the tiniest bit of the whole boat....whew.....note to self, eat more carrots, why you may ask, the answer, have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses!
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Post by eric on Nov 12, 2007 22:57:12 GMT 1
I am quite lucky these days, I have wooden laminate floors, but when I did have carpets, i would have a very powerful torch (I use my divers torch) and hold it at ground level, it highlights anything on the carpets clearly, even on a bright day.
Isn't it amazing just how far some bits can travel? some also seem to have the ability to move about by themselves, cos you find them where you KNOW you have looked a dozen times already!!!
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Post by russ on Nov 12, 2007 23:49:59 GMT 1
or to save the hastle do it over a bored like i am my old lego bord turned into a build bored keeps any little bits visable
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Post by Mark on Nov 13, 2007 11:49:31 GMT 1
Ah, the dreaded carpet monster. The number of times I've scoured the carpet, picking up each tiny bit of dirt (bits of pop corn, crisps, grit, the odd pea, bits of carrot, etc.) only to find the part has suddenly appeared half an hour later, in the middle of an otherwise spotless part of the carpet. The torch is a cracking idea - it's found several otherwise AWOL parts for me.
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