Where DO dropped pieces go?!!

[rtfoe]

They go to Never Never Find Land.:smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

[Gern]

P'raps we'd drop fewer pieces if we covered our hands with some sort of sticky stuff - finally a good use for Marmite! Then maybe the Carpet Monster would die of starvation - although rumour has it that she (I don't know why you folks keep thinking it's a 'he' - no man would be that cruel to another modeller!) can go for years between meals. Rather like a Black Widow spider - further evidence that it's a 'she'!

[Steve Brodie]

And how come you search and search and search - nothing not a scooby doo, then weeks/months later they pop back up - I'm blaming the Upside Down Lol

[Flip]

In Physics we are taught that each force has an equal and opposite reaction. Newton, in his thesis, forgot to take into account modeller's tweezers. In my experience you have to take into account levers and fulcrums as well being magnified by Murphy's Law (which dictates that, if something is going to go wrong, it will do so at the time of maximum inconvenience). This is when the user notices that, despite the gentle pressure being exerted to hold such a delicate part, super-human abilities are granted to the errant object to travel inordinate distances that are normally not described by straight lines.

At this point, I normally find that Murphy's Second Law comes into play; this is defined as "a lost part shall not reappear until the seeker no longer has need of it through either substitution or replacement".

I feel your pain :tears-of-joy:

Regards,
John

[flyjoe180]

I think we've all been there! Doesn't matter what the floor surface is, nor whether it' spotless or covered in dust and shavings. Pitot tubes are a favourite of the floor monster. Someone a long time ago suggested a vacuum cleaner with a bit of stocking over the nozzle, works 50% of the time.

[Gern]

Have you guys noticed how selective the Carpet Monster is?

If you drop some sort of greeblie like a small bit of sprue connecting parts together or one of those little round bits attached to help the plastic fill the mould, the carpet monster will always pick those up and put them literally right in front of your eyes when you go to pick them up?

[Mini Me]

Yes Dave......all too often that is the case. :thinking:

[grumpa]

Ah yes, the old tweezer launcher, know it well, I like Joes Idea of the vacuum with a bit of stocking on the nozzle.
Thank God I'm not a micro-technocrat, if I lose a small piece I just throw a piece of tarp or camo net or some other hunk
of junk over it. Or chalk it up to battle damage.

I have indoor outdoor type carpet in the model shop with a very tight weave which not even the tiniest piece could
penetrate, also eliminating bounce....one would think.
And yes it is true, don't even waste time looking for it, just get the wife and she will find it in short order every time.
I'm still looking for my cup....full of tea!
Jim.

[boatman]

YES i also have this trouble with it but jen normaly comes an looks an fines it an our carpet is a very short hare hard wearin carpet but the bits still dissapear

[KarlW]

I'm still looking for my cup....full of tea!
Jim.

Don't worry it'll turn up once it's gone cold and developed a skin.