/members-area/b/entries/posts/gone-fishingWhat hard-working Elf hasn&#39;t experienced that distinctive &#39;rinkle tinkle&#39; sound of a fastener or tool disappearing into the darkest of inaccessible depths of despair ?Avoid another &#39;spanner in the works&#39; type predicament with one ...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/entries/posts/gone-fishingThu, 23 Dec 2021 19:22:45 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3f4883b5-3915-4251-8162-029d81bfa8b9DAB0<p>I picked up an extendable magnet at Dollar General which works just fine for metal bits.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22586&AppID=354&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/entries/posts/gone-fishingWed, 22 Dec 2021 19:15:57 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3f4883b5-3915-4251-8162-029d81bfa8b9robogary0<p>When I drop something,&nbsp; a magnet only helps if I can see the thing.&nbsp;</p> <p>I really need a quantum transfunctioner to find things I drop , because they go into a black hole.&nbsp;</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22586&AppID=354&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/entries/posts/gone-fishingWed, 22 Dec 2021 15:39:24 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3f4883b5-3915-4251-8162-029d81bfa8b9javagoza0<p>I had to build something similar for a co-worker of mine who accidentally threw her car key into an underground recycled paper bin.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22586&AppID=354&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/b/entries/posts/gone-fishingWed, 22 Dec 2021 15:35:27 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3f4883b5-3915-4251-8162-029d81bfa8b9ralphjy0<p>Your link didn&#39;t work for me, but I looked it up in the Newark store&nbsp;<a title="magnetic-pick-up-tool-582mm" href="https://www.newark.com/eclipse-magnetics/mrt582mf/magnetic-pick-up-tool-582mm/dp/83AC1720?ost=mrt582mf">magnetic-pick-up-tool-582mm</a>&nbsp;.</p> <p>Looks too big for most places that I would drop things&nbsp;[emoticon:0f36700dfeb3494fa10d47dd9e1f90a1]...</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22586&AppID=354&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">