Ravens Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I noticed one of these sticky rollers today and wondered: if it can pick lint off a coat then perhaps going over the carpet with it might rescue any bits of dropped etch and other tiny parts? Has anyone had any luck tacking the carpet monster with one of these? Ross 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Well I never! What a light bulb moment. I'd never thought of that. Usually I just swear a lot and wonder how I will replace missing part 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayprit Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think your dreaming - nothing defeats the carpet monster - once it has your item it takes it to the lowest depth of your carpet and devours it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardie Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Hmmm interesting idea and might be well worth a try (I think the wife has one of those gizmos somewhere need to hunt it down and do some experimenting. Pity the bits ain't ferrous or a magnet would be just the job. I have heard of the occasional person using one of those little hand held battery vacuum cleaners but I would imagine you risk damaging delicate parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 So, what's new? Every time you drop your scalpel, you risk damaging delicate parts.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardie Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Very true that's why I have taken to wearing one of Blackadders codpieces while modelling. Also doubles as a handy place to hang sprues while I am working 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Belbin Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 What's wrong with some masking tape wrapped around your fingers? Same thing(ish)! Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 What's wrong with some masking tape wrapped around your fingers? Same thing(ish)! Nick COR! You serious? Bits of plastic under yer nails? Not likely. Anyway, with Ravens idea, after the rescue from the carpet monster, retrieve your part, stick the roller under the tap and SWMBO is ready to go on the next 'thing' that needs de fuzzing!?! (You fill in yer OWN blanks!! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 How about replacing carpet with laminate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvulcan Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Nothing with ever beat the old mk1 foot , When you hear a crunch you can put your mind at rest knowing you found the thing and can at last crack on with the build. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 The carpet monster does not exist, my man cave has a tiled floor. There is a portal behind every modeller, where when you drop something (release your grip), it enters the portal never to be seen again... Colin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Light bulb moment indeed! Even on tiles I lose pieces of etch and small bits of plastic. I'll give it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 How about replacing carpet with laminate? ... helps small parts dropped just to jump to far corners and hide in chinks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I've been using one for donkeys years! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 ... helps small parts dropped just to jump to far corners and hide in chinks The trick is to watch them fall so if they do a little bounce when they hit the floor you can see which direction they have shot off to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo11 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I still use a solution my Dad came up with way back when, vacuum cleaner with a pair of tights over the end. Any small pieces simple get sucked onto the end and remain there, of course this still doesn't account for those small pieces that fling off into oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackAck Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I've found that sticky tape on the sprue directly behind the tinest parts, puts the carpet monster on a diet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I've found that sticky tape on the sprue directly behind the tinest parts, puts the carpet monster on a diet. Good idea! I also saw someone here using BlueTak under small parts which not only holds them but also supports them to help avoid snapping - works well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackAck Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 That works well, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Good idea, I like it. I must give it a try. My wife looks upon my model making activites as something akin to the ancient Japanese tea ceremony, i.e. mostly done on the floor, as virtually every time she comes in she finds me down on the floor with the flashlight on my phone uttering my quaint coloquial words of blessing upon the Carpet Monster. Once upon a time I had a light bulb moment like yourself, not anywhere near as good as yours though I must add, whereupon I placed a large sheet of white faced harboard under my chair and workspace. Oh I was Mr Smug with that one. There was, however, one slight drawback to my plan. When the small pieces fell off the bench, the little bu##ers hit the hardoard, bounced back up and dived Tom Daley like into the surrounding carpet with a tripple twist and reverse pike, scoring 9.9, 8.7, 9.1, 9.2 and 8.9 in the process. Oh how she laughed at that idea. I'm really now convinced she only keeps me for amusement puropses. The other drawback to my bright idea was that with my chair being on castors, during vigorous sanding of vacform parts, with the wet and dry taped securely to the bench, I would often end up with my arms stretched out like an orangutan as my backside drifted away with the chair during my rythmic manipulations. I don't think that The Dragons' Den missed anything that week. Her Ladyship has suggested that I should start wood carving from solid wood as a hobby, adding "that any parts which fell to the floor are supposed to and the bit that was left in the hand would be the finished model". Maybe she has a point!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelmaker Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Good idea, I like it. I must give it a try. My wife looks upon my model making activites as something akin to the ancient Japanese tea ceremony, i.e. mostly done on the floor, as virtually every time she comes in she finds me down on the floor with the flashlight on my phone uttering my quaint coloquial words of blessing upon the Carpet Monster. Once upon a time I had a light bulb moment like yourself, not anywhere near as good as yours though I must add, whereupon I placed a large sheet of white faced harboard under my chair and workspace. Oh I was Mr Smug with that one. There was, however, one slight drawback to my plan. When the small pieces fell off the bench, the little bu##ers hit the hardoard, bounced back up and dived Tom Daley like into the surrounding carpet with a tripple twist and reverse pike, scoring 9.9, 8.7, 9.1, 9.2 and 8.9 in the process. Oh how she laughed at that idea. I'm really now convinced she only keeps me for amusement puropses. The other drawback to my bright idea was that with my chair being on castors, during vigorous sanding of vacform parts, with the wet and dry taped securely to the bench, I would often end up with my arms stretched out like an orangutan as my backside drifted away with the chair during my rythmic manipulations. I don't think that The Dragons' Den missed anything that week. Her Ladyship has suggested that I should start wood carving from solid wood as a hobby, adding "that any parts which fell to the floor are supposed to and the bit that was left in the hand would be the finished model". Maybe she has a point!!! I dropped one of the tail planes from a 1/72nd P40 once, it feel at my feet as I sat on my stool. I never ever saw it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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