tweezerfire

maffen

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September 2003

tweezerfire

Posted by maffen on Friday, February 6, 2004 6:38 AM

man was i sick of serching afther small bits when they fired of my tweezer Dead [xx(]

, now noooo more , got myself a secondhand barstool (is higher than a nomal chair) and now when assembling those small part i just move over to the paintbooth and put it together over there Big Smile [:D]

, just let the pieces fly ; no more crawling on hand and knees for me Laugh [(-D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 6, 2004 9:08 AM

Nice!
I removed the vinyl flooring around my workbench and painted the wood with a heavy duty, white enamel. I'm still on all fours regularly, but now at least I can find what I'm looking for Blindfold [X-)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 6, 2004 9:13 AM

Good idea Maffen.

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M1abramsRules

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June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Friday, February 6, 2004 9:38 AM

what color would be better for the floor, white or black????

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dostacos

Member since
December 2003
From: Los Angeles

Posted by dostacos on Friday, February 6, 2004 12:23 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by M1abramsRules

what color would be better for the floor, white or black????

White, all colors should show up well, but on the black OD will be a bit harder to locate Cool [8D]

Dan support your 2nd amendment rights to keep and arm bears!

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wipw

Member since
January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Friday, February 6, 2004 1:40 PM

Just don't go with green. It's amazing how EVERYTHING blends in with it. Brown, grey, red, even brass!! I'm on the floor so much everytime I build, it's amazing I haven't worn out the knees in several pairs of pants!!

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GA.modelmaker

Member since
November 2003
From: savannah ga.

Posted by GA.modelmaker on Friday, February 6, 2004 1:48 PM

yall are lucky to have hard wood floors we have wall to wall carpet in the rooms and dining room were i build mine and to make matters worse the carpet is a light tan.not to bad on the gray and green parts can spot them pretty qick but those tan parts is a another storie usually have to get another set of eys to help locate the tweezer launched part. Big Smile [:D]

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wipw

Member since
January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Friday, February 6, 2004 1:53 PM

Mine's not only carpet, it's a short shag!

Bill

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Friday, February 6, 2004 2:36 PM

My office carpet has an ammo box and several tiny handles lost in it some where. It's a tight nap carpet but it's a dark color and there is vertually no light under the desk. I've had to craw around on all fours with my lighted handcuff key as a flashlight looking for parts!LOL

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 6, 2004 2:44 PM

Ha Ha I spend so much time looking for parts on my shop floor I installed a flourcent "undercabinet" light under my bench. It stayes on all the time. It was about 10 bucks at walmart.... One of the best Investment I have made... I highly recommend it...

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mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Friday, February 6, 2004 3:24 PM

I saw a tip: someone put a white shower curtain on the floor if any parts fall on the ground it's easier to find them.
mark956

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CTrill09

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Bragg

Posted by CTrill09 on Friday, February 6, 2004 4:02 PM

man ill tell you i got that big fluffly carpet, something falls into there, and its lost forever, i can probably build an entire kit with the stuff in there, luckily i came up with putting plastic around my workbench. Unfortunatly when that tweezerfire happens, i have no idea where they fire to sometime, some of them are probably at the other end of the room.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 6, 2004 5:37 PM

I thought that I was the only one with this problem. I lost a part tonight and I had to get down on all fours. Sort of like tearing apart a carbuetor and havinf a spring fly off in to the wild blue yonder!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 6, 2004 5:47 PM

Yep, they ol' "Hunt for the part problem".
Family already knows the signs when they need to stop moving so that I can my parts, if part is not found it is vacuum cleaner time.

Put a piece of cloth betwen the Pipes and get going, the cloth acts as a trap and will catch the little missing dastards.

NEW place will be flooring all the way and modelling desk moves into a triangular shaped corner(PC) desk which should cut down on the lost pieces, below the chair will be a clear plastic mat to catch runaway parts. Big Smile [:D]

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tigerman

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March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Friday, February 6, 2004 6:14 PM

I think nearly any color and height carpet can swallow small pieces. A few times I gave up only to find the piece literally staring right at me.

Eric

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Friday, February 6, 2004 11:55 PM

It seems like the moment you drop that part time just seems to stand still and your senses go into "hyper mode" looking and listening for the part to hit the floor [or your foot] esp. if you are working in the kitchen with linoleum or hardwood floors. Or maybe that's just me!LOL

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Saturday, February 7, 2004 12:00 AM

I work in the kitchen with linoleum and have still had parts vanish when the hit the floor. Of coarse there have been a couple that I searched awhile for and my wife walk by and pick it right up.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Saturday, February 7, 2004 12:24 AM

Yeah i remeber when i dropped a hummer headlight on the kitchen floor. My wife and my daughter were standing over me like "watcha doin'". I told them I was looking for the equivilant of a contact lense.lol

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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spector822002

Member since
December 2003
From: Southern Maine

Posted by spector822002 on Saturday, February 7, 2004 2:10 AM

The big difference between lost PE parts and lost carb parts is if you lose a PE part you just make a new one or skip it , if you just skip the carb spring , your car won't start or catches on fire ! Saw my father burn his 65 mustang to the ground with a carb rebuild one time ! Big Smile [:D]

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Jim Barton

Member since
February 2003

Posted by Jim Barton on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:33 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by spector822002

The big difference between lost PE parts and lost carb parts is if you lose a PE part you just make a new one or skip it , if you just skip the carb spring , your car won't start or catches on fire ! Saw my father burn his 65 mustang to the ground with a carb rebuild one time !

That reminds me of something I read in an old book that I think was by Art Linkletter. He was interviewing a little boy and the conversation went something like this:

ART LINKLETTER: Did your daddy ever try to fix anything?
LITTLE BOY: He tried to fix our car.
ART: And what happened?
LITTLE BOY: We had to get a new car.

Back to the subject at hand: I just moved to a new apartment and it has wall to wall tan carpet everywhere but the kitchen and bathroom. I'm dreading the first occasion where a part falls to the floor.

"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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wipw

Member since
January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:58 PM

Those little suckers can bounce a good distance, too! I've found them quite a comparative ways from where I swore they'd be.

The vacuum idea is a good one. I use an old nylon stocking over the end of the vacuum hose and go over the carpet. Then clean out the ball of "stuff" that collects. I've found quite a few parts that way, but never one I didn't use the vacuum on in the first few minutes. I think they work their way into the nap and they are history. Maybe there's a black hole at the bottom of my carpet, and they hit that and teleport to one of your houses!!! Hmmm. Please look around for any of my missing parts and return any you may find!! Laugh [(-D]

LOL

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:06 AM

I launched a part once. Was looking for long while for it on the floor. Ended up being snagged on my shirt. Misfire?

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:54 AM

I was building my new Desert Hummer in the office last night and i dropped the mount to my .50 Cal!!!!! Banged Head [banghead]

That's the second .50 cal mount i have lost in the last two months! The first one was from my M-20 armoured car but I was able to replace it with a mount i had in the spares box left over from another Hummer build! i'll hunt for it again when i go back to work. i hope the cleaning people don't come in and vaccuum! Theres also an ammo can and several Hummer side marker lights in that carpet as well!
Ever heard of the kite-eating tree from the Charlie Brown cartoons? Well i have a "kit" eating carpet! Angry [:(!]

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 11:06 AM

Monday night, I dropped a tan track link from my T55 onto the tan carpet and, woosh#8230;. Gone! I found it when I went up to the kitchen and stepped on the linoleum floor, OUCH, it was stuck in the bottom of my wool socks.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:14 PM

ever tried those "tweezer-launch free tweezers" ?
i saw them on FSM, some advertisement thing.
it says that it prevents those tweezer launch because it has some "sandpaper" tips that grabs even the smallest parts of a model.

haven't tried it though. i just use long-nosed electronics pliers.

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pdunkel

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December 2003
From: Englewood, CO

Posted by pdunkel on Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:32 PM

With me having somewhat questionable eyesight, I have trained my kids to help me find the "AWOL" part by saying "OUTGOING FIRE".

Phil Dunkel

Phil Dunkel http://photobucket.com/albums/v335/pdunkel/ "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" .........George Orwell "This is a war of unknown warriors; but let all strive without failing in faith or in duty. . . "...........Winston Churchill "The only thing neccessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"...............Edmund Burke

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