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Inaminate Objects Think Evil Thoughts - HomerLee - 01-10-2016
Okey, I admit it. I am terrible housekeeper. And my shop is cluttered, including the attic. And I swear that when I drop something it has in its mind to go hide. Almost everything that hits the floor temporarily disappears. Just last night I was hogging out waste with a Forstner bit jn the drill press prior to putting the chisels to work squaring the corners on a board. I stopped and changed bits, setting a 1 1/2" bit aside on the drill press table to use a smaller bit. Turned out to be a mistake as I soon heard the 1 1/2" bit clatter as it was knocked off. Not hard to find something that big, right? So I finished what I was doing on the drill press and began looking for the dropped bit. Couldn't spot it anywhere. Went through two boxes of odds and ends, no bit. Looked and looked for half an hour and missed almost the first quarter of the football game. So I gave up reluctantly (I become obsessed with finding lost stuff. Why is it always in the last place I look?). Anyway after the game I went back to the shop for something else and began looking again. Soon I found it. Can you spot it?
I actually had raised the handle on the metal band saw earlier in my search without seeing it.
Re: Inaminate Objects Think Evil Thoughts - Boatman53 - 01-10-2016
Yup it's right near the corner leveler thingy. Spotted it right away. I am the finder in our family and most places I go.
Jim
Re: Inaminate Objects Think Evil Thoughts - Axehandle - 01-10-2016
If you leaned over to look you would cut yourself on it.
Re: Inaminate Objects Think Evil Thoughts - Anak - 01-10-2016
Betcha can't do that twice.
Re: Inaminate Objects Think Evil Thoughts - AHill - 01-10-2016
Years ago, my step-daughter discovered my wedding ring in the console of my car. I had taken it off when I played a softball game. She accidently dropped it in the garage and lost it. We looked everywhere, including outside the garage, in the grass, behind boxes, bicycles, etc. It was lost for a good 3 years. When I moved to a new home, I found the ring. It had somehow bounced inside the plastic foot protector on one of the legs of a WorkMate that I had folded up in a corner.
Re: Inaminate Objects Think Evil Thoughts - EricU - 01-10-2016
I missed the whole football game because the remote to my cable box is hidden somewhere in my shop and I wanted to work more than I wanted to sit on the couch.
Re: Inaminate Objects Think Evil Thoughts - Bill Wilson - 01-11-2016
Yep, spotted it right off.
Now why can't I ever do that in my own shop?
Re: Inaminate Objects Think Evil Thoughts - Rob Young - 01-11-2016
Yep, easy to spot.
Here are some puzzles you can practice with to develop your eye: http://www.boredpanda.com/find-the-panda-illustrated-puzzles-openlist/
Re: Inaminate Objects Think Evil Thoughts - HomerLee - 01-11-2016
For me it was more embarassing than my OP shows. The picture is staged to show what happened; where the bit had landed, in the hand hole in the carriage on the metal band saw. I had looked and looked without seeing it there, right in front of me and had thought it might have landed on the band saw table so I had lifted the carriage to the vertical position without using the handle (I think) to look under it. The bit stayed in the handle in the upright position without falling out, and that is where it was when I found it.