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#11
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This is from my archives. (See the pdf attached)
I'm pretty sure it originally came from http://thefeatherweight221factory.com/, but I can't find it on his page anymore.
I'm pretty sure it originally came from http://thefeatherweight221factory.com/, but I can't find it on his page anymore.
Dayle
#14
I've totally done that! I even got to the point where I dropped another screw about the same size to see where it landed to give me a fighting chance. The last screw I dropped landed in another machine. Good grief! Took me 2 days to find that one.
#15
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I find it helpful to hold the tips of my screwdrivers to a magnetic parts dish. It keeps just enough magnetism to hold those little ones.
#16
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I have a knife magnet on my bench - I am amazed at how many screws it catches. Then there are still some that go in the oddest places.
#17
The one I found in the machine, I'd checked the machine twice previous on a "long shot". I was getting desperate though, it was several days past time to vacuum, and I couldn't bear to do it without knowing where the screw was.
That would work really well! It would catch the "sweepers" - the ones that just roll off the desk as you move your hand or whatever. I think it's the bouncers that cause the most lost time. I might just do that, since the knives keep falling off the magnet. I'll get a butcher block and take the knife magnet for the shop.
#18
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Harbor freight has a long bar magnet for not too much. Ikea also has one for more money. I doubt if you want to service the newer machines on that bench. http://www.harborfreight.com/18-inch...der-65489.html
#19
I actually used 3 different magnets the first time I lost mine I used the long bar from HF then a small thin bendable one, then even the mag dish pin holder. Went back to the bar one and was going to sweep the entire room if I had too, as I was turning the bar up I noticed that the screw was on there, but stuck around the edge and the pointy end was ALL that I could see. It was evening and even with the lights on (I even put my new headlamp on) not the best lighting. I'm sure glad DH did not come in.
#20
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I have magnets all over the place. I won a Futura table in an auction. When DH opened it up it was full of magnets. They only work on one side though. I've given a lot of them away. The GKs love my magnets. They also love my flashlights ggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....
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