discussion Flying bits!

[monica]

yes Alan, it drops on there fur and its never to be found again or they eat it,or they just chew it up,

 

[flyjoe180]

Universal problem. I drop something every session. Like Polux I have an open bin nearby, not the wisest idea.

To find your missing bits. Use a vacuum cleaner, hand held if you like, and put a filter on the front of the nozzle. Vacuum away. Your part will appear sooner or later on the filter. Ensure adequate airflow through the filter or you will overheat your vacuum motor. A white filter,(tissue or similar) works well.

 

[Gern]

Didn't someone here lose the entire cockpit tub of a 1/32 'plane - only to find it some weeks later in another kit box?

Gern

 

[Lee W]

I hate it when you search frantically, not being able to find it and swmbo walks past..."is this anything to do with you!?"...frustrating

Lee

 

[Guest]

That's happened to me with a stinking tail plane off a harrier. It ended up literally the same sort of distance where Aidan found his part

John

 

[Guest]

I have copyright to this solution . RAID the kitchen, look for the apron with bib that your wife wears and returned to the man hole, wear it all the time and your loss rate will fall dramatically. Cheers Derek

 

[ojays]

Universal problem. I drop something every session. Like Polux I have an open bin nearby, not the wisest idea.To find your missing bits. Use a vacuum cleaner, hand held if you like, and put a filter on the front of the nozzle. Vacuum away. Your part will appear sooner or later on the filter. Ensure adequate airflow through the filter or you will overheat your vacuum motor. A white filter,(tissue or similar) works well.

Or an old pair of HWMBO tights over the end of the nozzle. Just make sure she isn't wearing them at the time!

 

[Guest]

You put it in a safe place for later?

Ah yes - there's nothing like 'the safe place' for driving me up the wall when I forget where the safe place is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Time for another valium.

 

[Guest]

I have copyright to this solution . RAID the kitchen, look for the apron with bib that your wife wears and returned to the man hole, wear it all the time and your loss rate will fall dramatically. Cheers Derek

Yes you are right Derek. Just bought on Amazon a butchers apron £6. Nice blue and white stripes. Good for not loosing pieces although I bought mine mainly as I was wrecking trousers and shirts with paint.

Of course a few comments about being a butcher. How is the lamb today got any minced mince.

Laurie

 

[The Migrant]

I found a lost photo-etch seat harness stuck to the dog's head, two days after I'd made a replacement.

 

[colin m]

And what about when you have dropped the same bit two or three times. I often invent new words at this point.

 

[john i am]

How about when you have a very small part in a death grip with you tweezers when nearing the appointed place of fitting it suddenly flys out of your tweezers at super sonic speeds in god knows what direction as anyone ever retrieved one of these missing items

 

[Guest]

For me, I have had bits flip out of tweezers or ping off the fret, then spend time looking for the bit, give up in frustration only to find it on the work bench a few days later. I wonder if the carpet monster is really a black hole, where things fall into it and either they are never seen again or pop out the other side in a totally different place and time.

 

[Alan 45]

Colin john graham , I feel your pain

Colin for some reason your fingers just don't work most annoying

And as for tweezers that's happened so many times , it's cost me quite a few orelikons in my time as that