I Found It!!!

That could lead to a run-down feeling. :)

Bill Banaszak, MFE

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Bill Banaszak
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Little Willie, in a fit insane, stuck his head 'neath the railroad train. All his friends were surprised to find how this broaden'd Willie's mind...

(A little dittie that my mom taught me...)

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Edwin Ross Quantrall

try to turn around and look behind first before the crunch! :-o

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Eyeball2002308

Why not use a Jeweler's/watchmaker's (horologist's) apron? A piece of black cloth about 2 feet wide that is attached to the bench at the front and tucked in ones trousers at the other end. Then if any parts fall they fall into the black apron and are easy to find. You just have to remember to tuck it in each time (cause the time you don't will be the time you drop something) and to untuck it when you get up and go or else you could have the whole bench with you. Seriously tho, watchmakers use this so they don't lose small cogs and things.

Jonno

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Jonno

I sit on the floor usually in the sitting room, watch TV ect, I had clamped a wing gun turret together for a Revell BV222 (big kit!) and it popped out of the peg straight into a toy box.

20 minutes to find it!.
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Xbase Person (Please note spammers email address used)

runs the length of the work bench and catches all those 'roly poly' parts and of course those X-Acto Knives from Hell. :-) Mike IPMS

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Mike Keown

That doesn't catch the flyers...sometimes I wonder if a mitt might be the thing.

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Rufus

Unless, of course, the part is made of black plastic or painted black...

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Edwin Ross Quantrall

I work on a desk and leave the drawer open about two inches. That helps 50 percent of the time. Cheers,

Keeper (of too much crap)

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Keeper

Well use a white cloth then Or design a big plastic tent for you to catch the flying parts in ...or get 18 people to stand around and catch the pieces .. or Get your wife on her hands and knees ...or hell I dunno, you just can't help somepeople I guess

Jonno

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Jonno

I fixed the roly-poly X-Acto knife problem by NOT USING IT ANYMORE - I bought a Swann-Morton holder and blades and haven't dropped a scalpel since.

RobG

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Rob Grinberg

Hmm, I think that would cause me to forget about the part.

The biggest problem for me with the watchmaker's apron would be remembering not to jump up suddenly to go somewhere. I could then spend the rest of my time finding ALL the parts on the workbench.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

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Bill Banaszak

Alternately, I can suggest using a device sold in most art stores. It's a (triangular cross section) tube used to keep pencils and such from rolling, works great on most X-acto knives. hth

Keeper (of too much crap)

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Keeper

and if you're a feap chucker, you can cut one from an old chunk of eraser.

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e

Yeah but you would probably only do it once.

As for the wife Bill, you have to stay more focused.....as an alternative, train one of the kids/grandkids/nextdoor neighbors kids or whatever. Their eyes are probably better than ours anyhow :-)

Jonno

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Jonno

No, thats what caused me to have two kid's :) And it's also what caused me to get out of modeling for soo long..... My mother once asked me what I saw in her, and I said, "every time she turns around" (ex does have the most perfect rear end ya ever saw !)

Now my girlfriend is trying to do the same thing to me !!

"Only a Gentleman can insult me, and a true Gentleman never will..."

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Azzz1588

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