In this case I wouldn¡¯t recommend adding more similar parts and watching where they go.... kinda dangerous....
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On Apr 22, 2020, at 12:08 PM, perry7122 <perry7122@...> wrote:
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Any suggestions for finding small parts thrown by the wire wheel on the grinder.
Still can't find the bolt from my wifes unicycle.
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From: mike allen <animal@...>
Date: 4/21/20 11:29 PM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Finding small objects
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On 4/21/2020 8:17 PM, kaje7777 wrote:
Bruce - Those are good tips. I've used that flashlight trick
before; sometimes it even works from a standing position if you
use a flashlight with a concentrated beam - it acts like a
spotlight tofocus your attention and highlight small objects.
Here's two more tips:
1. Take an object identical to the dropped object and place it on
the floor. For example,if you dropped a screw, place an identical
screw on the floor. This tells you what the dropped object is
going to look like when you search for it and helps you do mental
"pattern matching."
2. Go ahead and sweep the floor! The collect all of the sweepings
in a dustpan and look for your dropped item. You get a swept floor
as a bonus, and maybe find a couple other things you dropped a
while back. Sometimes if I drop a common object like a nut or
screw, if I don't spot it immediately I don't even bother to look
for it. I just grab another one from the part drawer, knowing I'll
find it on the next sweep-up.
One last trick: Dropped objects always seem to
bounce under
the workbench. I installed "kickboards" on the bottom front of my
workbenches to keep that from happening (make them easy to remove,
because somehow stuff seems to get under there anyway!).
