[MRCA] Small Part Search

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

To find small parts that I have dropped, I use a small shopvac.
I have a container with two ports.
To one port, I attach the shop vac.
To the other, I attach the hose.
The parts stay in the container, the dirt and very light stuff continues 
to the shopvac.
I usually find my part in the container.

Glenn
WB4UIV

On 8/3/2022 10:19 PM, Tom B wrote:
> Hi Breck,
>
> I am convinced that small parts that are dropped go into another 
> basement in and alternate universe version of Earth.   These parts are 
> picked up there by an alternate Earth hobbyist, and not knowing what 
> they go to, are tossed into a junk box where they spend eternity.  
> Anybody want to counter that theory?
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 8/3/2022 10:06 PM, B. Smith wrote:
>> When you drop a small part such as a 2-26 nut  do you search for it 
>> for a few minutes with a bright light and those 4X glasses  or just 
>> give up right away? Since my shop floor in the shop is in bad shape I 
>> usually just surrender, call off the search,  and replace the nut  
>> from my parts bin. But if I continue the search I often find small 
>> parts that I  lost last month.
>> Z
>>
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