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Article #14350Re: finding teeny parts you drop
From: Rick Brink
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 13:47
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 13:47
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From article <51223@prls.UUCP>, by gordon@prls.UUCP (G Vickers): >>In article <1991Jun14.002711.5294@vicorp.com> ron@vicorp.com (Ron >>Peterson) writes: >> A large magnet is great for finding steel parts. >> > > I have found that the easiest way to find small parts that have dropped > onto the floor is simple to get down onto the floor with one's check > flush against it. With your eye now at floor level scan across the > "horizon" and focus on any distruption. > An addendum, turn off the main light in the room, and scan a flashlight around the area you are looking in, but held at arms length. Sometimes, the shadow of a tiny part is visible moving with the light, even when the part will not resolve out from the background. I've found many a 00 washer that way.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!rbrink From: rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: finding teeny parts you drop Message-ID: <1991Jun20.134756.7669@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 20 Jun 91 13:47:56 GMT References: <51223@prls.UUCP> Organization: Clemson University Lines: 15