Due to a condition in my hands, I am extra clumsy and drop more things than most people.  Those things always roll where you can't see or in places unknown. I had a magnet on a pole, but it was limited, wouldn't bend.  I got a couple of small bar magnets at HD, a fiberglass pole from a bike flag and made a handle out of ply.  As luck would have it, I dropped a very tiny screw, one so small that I'd never find another or even hope to see. The paint wasn't dry on my new pick up, but I used it anyway. NICE...........I found it on the second sweep over a crack in the cement.

Edited December 5, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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Yep, that is an old drawer knob

Now that's a super cool idea!

great idea..

Really cool idea Ron...now what about that pencil laying on the floor by the crack?

8 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Really cool idea Ron...now what about that pencil laying on the floor by the crack?

I think you need a wood magnet for a pencil Dave.

50 minutes ago, Ron Dudelston said:

I think you need a wood magnet for a pencil Dave.

 

Might have to leave it there.  The lead makes it too heavy to lift.

Cool idea

1 hour ago, Ron Dudelston said:

I think you need a wood magnet for a pencil Dave.

 

You can buy them here!

 

toolstoragebaitandtackle.com.

 

8 hours ago, schnewj said:

 

You can buy them here!

 

toolstoragebaitandtackle.com.

 

Bet they're only $19.99 each but if I call now, I'll get two for this great value and only have to pay separate S&H...

5 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Bet they're only $19.99 each but if I call now, I'll get two for this great value and only have to pay separate S&H...

 

You've been peeking!

I didn't know that they still use lead in pencils. Seems everything I do is old school! I picked up two old school pencil sharpeners a while back to sharpen pencils in my shop. Only problem is: I chuck them in my cordless drill and sharpen them on my belt sander! Looks like I should use my new style drill instead of having to crank it while holding it against the sanding belt.

Edited June 25, 20178 yr by oldwoodie
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16 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

and only have to pay separate S&H...

 

dare we ask how much???

Good idea. I have a piece of steel flat bar with a magnet on the end of it. Serves the same purpose to retrieve the nut /washer from the bottom of the table saw (cabinet style) when I drop one...and that does happen frequently! Losing my grip also. :-(

Very cool...now we need one for brass, aluminum and stainless...

The pencil.........I keep my iphone in my shirt pocket..........I also keep my pencil there..........if I pull out my phone.......out goes my pencil.

Very cool...now we need one for brass, aluminum and stainless...

 

Bubble gum on a stick?

 Like this

18 minutes ago, Ron Altier said:

Bubble gum on a stick?

Makes my crowns hurt to chew that stuff. Besides, I just wanted the trading cards anyways...so I could clip Mickey Mantle, Roger Marris and Yogi Berra to my fender bracket to rub the spokes on my bike wheels 

On 6/25/2017 at 6:21 PM, Ron Altier said:

Very cool...now we need one for brass, aluminum and stainless...

 

Bubble gum on a stick?

 Like this

That should work well finding the dropped goodies in sawdust and shavings

Oh yes,  tossing a dust pan of sawdust and realizing you saw the tiny piece you was looking for and it was headed to the bottom of huge trash can full of things you don't want to sort thru.