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Old 07-23-2022, 03:49 AM
JDHasty JDHasty is offline
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Default There is going to come a day…

When, I’m going to look in some dark recess in my shop and I am going to come across 200-250 1/16 inch e-clips. I lost another yesterday and ran the magnet into every nook and cranny and still couldn’t locate the damn thing. My box of 1/16 e-clips that I knew had eight or thirteen in it was sitting right in front of me but since it was not exactly where it belongs, you know the score.

I had given up looking and moved on to another project today when I located the box of clips and so all is well once again. I just don’t lose anything other than those damnable clips and since a man’s got to recognize his limitations when I buy them I buy a box of them, but they have to be American, Japanese or German ones. Between loosing them and giving them away a box lasts me ten years.

Where in the Sam hell they all go must be the same place one of each pair of socks I buy the kids ends up.

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Old 07-23-2022, 04:28 AM
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Sounds like you don't work on pistols.
Try those itty bitty coil springs in a Snubby Smith
sometime.

Oh yeah, they JUMP TOO!
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Old 07-23-2022, 08:16 AM
Kevin Gullette Kevin Gullette is offline
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Exclamation That ain't NOTHING!!!!!

About 40 years ago............

Working on an old Colt Gold Cup.........the sear depressor spring, almost microscopic in size, TOOK OFF for parts unknown......in shag/deep pile carpeting.

After approx. an hour.......I actually FOUND IT.

After that episode......ALL sear depressor spring work happens INSIDE a large clear plastic bag.

Great old memories........

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Old 07-23-2022, 10:48 AM
SmokinJoe SmokinJoe is offline
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Been there............. Like Kevin said, need to learn to work inside a clear plastic bag for those jobs if possible. I have done the lost in space and amazingly FOUND, and I too have done the lost forever more times than I want to remember, sometimes a too slow learner.
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Old 07-23-2022, 07:54 PM
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I also learned to used a plastic bag the hard way. The other nice tool is to have is a magnetic pick-up tool and a strong flashlight or floodlight.
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