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From: gordon@prls.UUCP (G Vickers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: finding teeny parts you drop
Message-ID: <51223@prls.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jun 91 16:43:50 GMT
References: <1991Jun9.061517.874@yenta.alb.nm.us> <1991Jun14.002711.5294@vicorp.com> <3244@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>
Reply-To: gordon@prls.UUCP (G Vickers)
Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California
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>In article <1991Jun14.002711.5294@vicorp.com> ron@vicorp.com (Ron 
>Peterson) writes:
> A large magnet is great for finding steel parts.
>

      I have found that the easiest way to find small parts that have dropped
    onto the floor is simple to get down onto the floor with one's check
    flush against it.  With your eye now at floor level scan across the
    "horizon" and focus on any distruption.