| Home | Open Account | Help | 363 users online |
|
Member Login
Discussion
Media SharingHostingLibrarySite Info |
Model Railroading > I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding !Date: 01/30/15 01:57 I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: calsubd As I'm putting the detail steps on my new SD80 from Kato, some are dropped ,bouncing on the table ricocheting off my belly into the Black hole!!
Ed Stewart Jacksonville, FL Date: 01/30/15 04:39 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: RFandPFan For me it's usually that little screw that you don't have a replacement for...gone forever!
Date: 01/30/15 04:55 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: pilotblue Lay on old white sheet under your working chair, it will catch most of the stuff you drop, the white color makes it easier to find small things and you can throw it in the wash every now and then.
Been in your shoes. Date: 01/30/15 05:50 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: penncentral74 Spring clip a BBQ apron to the underside of your workbench front. Sit down and put the neck strap over your head. When stuff falls, retrieve it out of the apron. Has saved me dozens of hours of looking for stuff.
As an aside, when I sealed my basement concrete workshop floor, I used that epoxy paint that you roll on then broadcast chips over. I chose the gray color with black, white and blue chips. When I was done, I realized that most of what I work on is black or white and when you drop it on a floor that's covered with thousands of paint chips the same color .... sigh... Hence the apron trick... Date: 01/30/15 06:17 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: santafedan It all began when I lost the first spring in an Athearn truck.....in 1959.
Date: 01/30/15 06:18 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: navarch1 In my case, the super-mammoth black hole is my LHS, into which all of my money disappears constantly lol.
Bob Date: 01/30/15 08:17 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: tehachapifan I dropped a Sunrise N scale SP light casting for GP/SD 7/9's into the black hole about 8 years ago, never to be seen since. Every square inch of every surface was searched multiple times over a period of days. Then Sunrise stopped production and these casting became impossible to find. This model has remained unfinished ever since with only one end having lights installed. I still keep an eye out for the casting to this day.
Date: 01/30/15 09:11 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: g-spotter I have experienced the same phenomenon on numerous occasions. My frustration has caused me to dig deeper into its causes. After exhaustive research, I finally stumbled across an explanation in a highly respected journal: The National Enquirer. It is actually a localized wormhole that forms at the intersection of the macro and micro world event horizon. Eye strain, magnification, and a sub-magnetic field generated by both lumpy fingers and small tweezer-like metal tools, magnified by telekinetic anguish generates the conduits that extend to the far side of Moon. Why all of the wormholes dump to the same spot is a source of some debate. Detailed in the article, including HD images from a Chinese satellite pass, one can plainly see what is most certainly a very large pile. Its composition could best be described as miscellaneous small hobby parts. The truth is out there...... ;-)
Date: 01/30/15 11:12 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: Andre g-spotter Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I have experienced the same phenomenon on numerous > occasions. My frustration has caused me to dig > deeper into its causes. After exhaustive > research, I finally stumbled across an explanation > in a highly respected journal: The National > Enquirer. It is actually a localized wormhole > that forms at the intersection of the macro and > micro world event horizon. Eye strain, > magnification, and a sub-magnetic field generated > by both lumpy fingers and small tweezer-like metal > tools, magnified by telekinetic anguish generates > the conduits that extend to the far side of Moon. > Why all of the wormholes dump to the same spot is > a source of some debate. Detailed in the article, > including HD images from a Chinese satellite pass, > one can plainly see what is most certainly a very > large pile. Its composition could best be > described as miscellaneous small hobby parts. The > truth is out there...... ;-) Gee and I thought that it was that I had to sacrifice small parts to the floor and carpet gods, and I do it in several modeling groups, model railroading, model ship building - both RC and Static and RC and static aircraft who knew. ;-) Now that I think about it I bet this the same force that makes socks go missing! Andre Date: 01/30/15 12:40 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: Betsy It's a fact that beneath each hooby workbench lies a small singularity ;-) The oe under mine has annoyed me for many, many years. Can you imagine the parts stash if they all lead to the same spot at the far side of the universe?
Elizabeth Date: 01/30/15 13:43 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: Frisco1522 Every now and then I still hear a driver spring ricochet around the ceiling joists. I've dropped stuff and crawled around on my sore knees with a small drawing board brush sweeping, looking in corners, cussing and still haven't found what I dropped.
Dropped a casting once and looked for it for ten minutes. Found it when I got up to walk away. It was in my shoe. Hurt. Date: 01/30/15 13:52 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: fbe So we need a new law. All hobby parts must be made in high visibility orange or yellow.
They can be painted when assembly is finished. Just kidding folks. Posted from Windows Phone OS 7 Date: 01/30/15 14:13 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: calsubd By Jove, we're all in good company, cheered me up and not frustrated any more, Thanks all, Ed
Ed Stewart Jacksonville, FL Date: 01/30/15 14:47 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: wabash2800 A similar set up started many, many years ago by Jewish Jewelers....
penncentral74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Spring clip a BBQ apron to the underside of your > workbench front. Sit down and put the neck strap > over your head. When stuff falls, retrieve it out > of the apron. Has saved me dozens of hours of > looking for stuff. > > Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/15 17:08 by wabash2800. Date: 01/30/15 16:10 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: ChrisCampi Best explanation I've seen yet. The only solution I've heard of was comedian Steven Wright, who looking for his missing sock called 411 (information ) and asked the woman where his socks went. She said "behind the couch". And they were!
Chris g-spotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have experienced the same phenomenon on numerous > occasions. My frustration has caused me to dig > deeper into its causes. After exhaustive > research, I finally stumbled across an explanation > in a highly respected journal: The National > Enquirer. It is actually a localized wormhole > that forms at the intersection of the macro and > micro world event horizon. Eye strain, > magnification, and a sub-magnetic field generated > by both lumpy fingers and small tweezer-like metal > tools, magnified by telekinetic anguish generates > the conduits that extend to the far side of Moon. > Why all of the wormholes dump to the same spot is > a source of some debate. Detailed in the article, > including HD images from a Chinese satellite pass, > one can plainly see what is most certainly a very > large pile. Its composition could best be > described as miscellaneous small hobby parts. The > truth is out there...... ;-) Date: 01/30/15 18:00 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: icancmp193 penncentral74 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Spring clip a BBQ apron to the underside of your > workbench front. Sit down and put the neck strap > over your head. When stuff falls, retrieve it out > of the apron. Has saved me dozens of hours of > looking for stuff. > > As an aside, when I sealed my basement concrete > workshop floor, I used that epoxy paint that you > roll on then broadcast chips over. I chose the > gray color with black, white and blue chips. > > When I was done, I realized that most of what I > work on is black or white and when you drop it on > a floor that's covered with thousands of paint > chips the same color .... sigh... > > Hence the apron trick... Trust me, a light colored laminate flooring hides things well too. The apron idea, which I read about in either RMC or MR, has great merit! Tom Y Date: 01/30/15 18:31 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: CajonRat If you figure a way to harness the energy from Kadee knuckle springs, intergalactic travel won't be far behind...
Date: 01/30/15 19:51 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: PHall Just walk through the room in bare feet, you'll find those parts. Painfully!!!!
Date: 01/30/15 19:53 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: tomstp I never work at my desk without opening the drawer under it. It catches 99% of what flies away.
Date: 01/30/15 20:02 Re: I Found It, The Black hole, No kidding ! Author: rrman6 I think I'll design an 8 ft. ID "work sphere" to replace my present work desk. There I'll enter from the top as in a space capsule, ONLY in the nude. Most likely stray projectiles will settle to the bottom, other than sub-miniture screws and truck springs that may find pubic hair as a great congregating location. Second thought, maybe I'd better suit up in a "semi-dry wet suit" as used in scuba diving. Foot rests and seats will be of 3/4" D. polished chrome rod material and the bottom of the sphere will have a white bottom-half that is highly illuminated near the base. A "fly paper" dispenser and telescoping handle will be at the underside of my work table that's located near the sphere's middle. The clear plastic sphere will be intercom/phone equipped and have a small access door where the wife may deliver beer, sandwiches, more models (scale railroad, that is), etc. My only fear is that she may become irritated and roll the sphere out of my Man's Den down the drive and into the street.
 |