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BravoV:
When dismantling a small gadget with possibly springy things inside, like spring, small screws or nuts that may jump/shoot across the room and probably gone forever.  :'(

I used a medium sized clear transparent plastic bag, cut two holes that big enough but not too loose for my two hands to slip in quite snugly, and enough space for some small hand tools inside the plastic to do the tear down work.

That container will catch all tiny parts inside, rather than cursing and crawling on the floor hunting down for the tiny parts, really hate that.  >:(
aargee:
To clean up silicone matting or objects? (Those things can collect dust and grot!)

Use hand sanitiser - the alcoholic type - rub it all over the surface and rinse off in water.
It works really well on some silicone workbench mats I have here.

A good COVID19 'by-process'. :-)
Berni:

--- Quote from: BravoV on November 03, 2020, 05:35:47 am ---When dismantling a small gadget with possibly springy things inside, like spring, small screws or nuts that may jump/shoot across the room and probably gone forever.  :'(

I used a medium sized clear transparent plastic bag, cut two holes that big enough but not too loose for my two hands to slip in quite snugly, and enough space for some small hand tools inside the plastic to do the tear down work.

That container will catch all tiny parts inside, rather than cursing and crawling on the floor hunting down for the tiny parts, really hate that.  >:(

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Nice trick

Tho its more of a problem that i don't know when to use it. Often i have no idea what is inside whatever i am taking apart, so the moment when something goes sproiiiing and flies off god knows where is a surprise moment, only then realizing i should have been a lot more careful with how i take it apart. I just try to clean up the workbench area a bit before taking apart more delicate things to avoid tiny parts getting lost in the other crap.

Related to taking stuff apart, my tip is to keep screws and parts in sorting boxes like these:

When taking the thing apart i put screws into compartments in the left to right order. That way when i am putting it back together i start taking screws from boxes in reverse order, making it easier to keep track of what screw goes where, avoid digging trough screws to find the same ones and makes more easily to see if i missed a screw.
It also helps keep the screws from getting lost on longer term repairs where a piece of test gear might sit on the bench in parts while i wait for some replacement part to arrive or is waiting for my patience to recharge in order put in more futile hours of banging my head while trying to get the damn thing working.
BravoV:


Bottles, for lubricant.

As SWMBO sometimes does dying her hair  ::) , the hair dye bottle is actually really soft, squishy and presumably "chemically inert", at least for synthetic oil that I use.

The one in photo probably more than a decade old and doesn't show any deformation or affected chemically.  :-+

As it has cap (red one in picture), that is really handy in stopping the "oil from crawling out" (google for it) that prevents the bottle outer surface becomes oily and slippery, that will tainted the finger/hand that was holding it.

Also small solder flux dispenser bottle as it has tiny metal tip, really handy for precision lubrication, as we can pin point accurately and lubricate at the tiny area, like at the tip of small nut or tiny hinge and etc.

As the bigger one will definitely spill the lubricant all over the place as its harder to control the flow, even as slow as tiny sipping action, as sometimes, even a single drop is too much.  :scared:
DrG:
Had a chance to test this one the other day.


Broke a knob off of a keyboard leg (broken on the left, the good one in the center, and a binder clip on the right).

Removed the two 'arms' of a binder clip - they easily come out. Replaced each keyboard leg with the binder clip arms.



So far, this works really well!
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