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fjseal

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Hi all,

 

For those of you new enough to watch repair to still lose small parts on the floor, I recommend this little demagnetizer...£1.99 from Maplins.

It's not very reliable as a demag tool, but it is excellent at picking up screws etc. Just pass it over where you think the part might be, and the magnet is strong enough to attract things off a carpet. The beauty of it is, you can feel the tiniest screw when it hits. Only today I found a calendar spring, so although it's raining, I'm cheerful!!

Hope this helps someone.

 

Frank.

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Get a magnetic knife rack thingy....I bought one around a foot long but now wish I wasn't so cost conscious as the longer one would make sweeps under furniture easier.

You should have a demagnetizer if you use magnets around watches..

Anil

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I used to brush the floor a lot, sometimes I couldn't find the **BLEEP** thing, or in a few months it would be staring me in the face. Its part of the job having to sweep the floor looking for a part. 

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Just had a small flat spring go and spent at least an hour with a strong magnet and very sticky tape.  Covered the whole floor even cleared off my workspace and checked all the boxes etc on it to no avail.  Decided to call it a day and carried on assembly as it is only a practice movement I never got around to play with.  Wondered why a small wheel wouldn't sit properly only to find the spring in the vey small gap between the barrel and the plate.  Goodness knows the odds on it getting there, I think I would have had difficulty fitting it myself !!  Sad maybe but the feeling of success is great !!!

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anilv Distinguished Member

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oldhippy......thats why I have a missing persons list on my table, when I find a part I can usually trace where it came from.

 

Anil

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I use a round magnet from and old speaker to find my parts on the floor . I put it in a plastic sandwich bag and when I'm done sweeping the area , usually an area larger than I thought it might be , including some low window trac nearby , I hold the magnet and bag over a clear area on my work bench and remove the magnet from the bag and any metal parts fall onto the work bench .

  I will sometimes turn off the room lights and use a flashlight down low to the ground and it will cast shadows of any thing on the floor and reflect off of metal parts .

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Get a magnetic knife rack thingy....I bought one around a foot long but now wish I wasn't so cost conscious as the longer one would make sweeps under furniture easier.

You should have a demagnetizer if you use magnets around watches..

Anil

Thanks for the magnetic knife rack idea. Ordering one now [emoji1]

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Just bought from Amazon £18.99 I'll let you know if it's any good. 797c332c0433eb16a405e362cc242f17.jpg

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I would wrap that in white paper for the following reasons..

 

1.Helps parts to stand out. I found it difficult to spot some metal parts against the dark background.

2.Prevents parts from getting into the crevices.

3.Once a part sticks to the magnet, it is quite difficult to pry it off, imagine trying to pull a click spring, for instance, off that magnet. Paper will have some give to it, allowing you to get your tweezer under the magnet.

 

 

Apart from that, keep it away from other watch stuff (mine stays on the floor) and have a demagnetiser handy!

 

Anil

 

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I would wrap that in white paper for the following reasons..

1.Helps parts to stand out. I found it difficult to spot some metal parts against the dark background.

2.Prevents parts from getting into the crevices.

3.Once a part sticks to the magnet, it is quite difficult to pry it off, imagine trying to pull a click spring, for instance, off that magnet. Paper will have some give to it, allowing you to get your tweezer under the magnet.

Apart from that, keep it away from other watch stuff (mine stays on the floor) and have a demagnetiser handy!

Anil

Anil

Thanks, great advice re the white paper. Looking forward to a big treasure find when it arrives. I'll probably get at least 10 click springs lol

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