This is when a neodymium magnet can come in handy ;-)
I bought some on ebay for just this sort of eventuality as I have lost
count of the number of times I have lost a tiny screw, spring or
ball bearing.
Once I had acquired the magnets I went over an area where I had lost just
such a ball bearing from an Oly extension tube some months previously.
The technique worked as I actualy did find it.
Another good technique is to cut of the toe/foot part of a pair of
stockings, push it down the handpiece of a vacuum cleaner, folding the
open end over the lip then push on a 'crevice' tool concentrator nozzel
and then vacuum the target area carefully. You have to stop every now and
then and empty out the stocking into a bowl.
Going through the accumulated fluff is the fun part.
Giles
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:26:58 -0500
> From: Chuck Norcutt <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Olympus mail list <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: Disassembling OM2S(P)
> Reply-to: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fortunately, my work surface was a small hand towel. Probing around
> through the nap of the cloth I eventually found that little ball which I
> estimate to be only about 1mm in diameter.
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