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Isaac Newton rules - Catweasel - 01-25-2016 Everyone knows about Athearn worm housings don't they? Keep a hold of it when removing? Or ping. Well, I'm fiddling with one of my loco's when that did happen. I was in the lounge at the time and we have a deep pile grey carpet.Easy enough to find a lump that size I thought. No. I searched high and low for a good 1/2 hr to no avail. So I went get myself a coffee and, as I passed the dog, I gave him a stroke down his back. There,caught in his fur, was the worm housing. Grrrrrrr. I don't know how it got there as he was about 8 feet from me. Re: Isaac Newton rules - faraway - 01-25-2016 I considered seriously to sit down on the floor to do the locomotive detailing. Would be the natural place to be close to the parts.... Re: Isaac Newton rules - teejay - 01-25-2016 The real truth is , parts disappear into thin air ....true story ! When I was building my Hulett ore unloader several years ago I had rivets to install ....1500 holes to drill and 1500 Tichy rivets to push into the .074 holes ......there are probably 50 rivets in the carpet and I have not seen ONE since back then . Poof !! ![]() Re: Isaac Newton rules - Sumpter250 - 01-25-2016 teejay Wrote:The real truth is , parts disappear into thin air ....true story ! When I was building my Hulett ore unloader several years ago I had rivets to install ....1500 holes to drill and 1500 Tichy rivets to push into the .074 holes ......there are probably 50 rivets in the carpet and I have not seen ONE since back then . Poof !! ![]() ![]() Seriously though, I recently bought a new Eureka canister vacuum. Now when I lose a small part, I empty the canister, clean it out, and then vacuum the carpet. I do retrieve about 70% of dropped,tiny, parts that way. Rivets, ring bolts, even some of the shackles I make from fine wire, for the rigging of the sail powered craft, that will go on the modules. Yeah, it's not perfect, but ![]() Re: Isaac Newton rules - Prairie Trains - 01-25-2016 I have a built in vacuum, hard to clean out. So I just put a piece of cotton cloth over the end of the hose, tuck it in a bit and wrap my hand around the hose to hold the cloth and wave it across the carpet. With a little persistence I can usually retrieve all lost parts. Once in a while one will walk away on the cat or the dog or just vaporize into thin air to never be seen again. Re: Isaac Newton rules - MountainMan - 01-26-2016 Run a shop vac over the carpet with a piece of pantyhose covering the suction opening. ![]() Re: Isaac Newton rules - Mr Fixit - 01-30-2016 MountainMan Wrote:Run a shop vac over the carpet with a piece of pantyhose covering the suction opening. Good idea, but only if your married or living with a significant other of the female persuasion who wears pantihose, otherwise things could begin to get awkward. ![]() Mind you we face the same problem at work if we want to strain paint or cover the end of a vacuum, so sometimes we have to ask some of the ladies at work very delicately. Mark Re: Isaac Newton rules - MountainMan - 02-08-2016 Mr Fixit Wrote:MountainMan Wrote:Run a shop vac over the carpet with a piece of pantyhose covering the suction opening. You're kidding. I just tell them the truth...I use the fabric in miniature modelling. |