I guess that should tell me not to assemble things while wearing dress pants.I used to work with liquid nitrogen. This stuff is almost always boiling (though it's extremely cold) so it splashes all over the place. One day I was wearing loafers, the kind with the stitched lip around the edge of the toe, and I looked down to see a puddle of gently bubbling LN2 on the top of my shoe. Hmm.
Hey, at least the screw didn't bounce off and lodge in an inaccessible place. This way at least you got it back.
ReplyDeleteWhen I disassemble something, which is frequently, I throw all of the hardware into an Altoids tin with a small magnet in the bottom. That way when I inevitably swat it off the bench with my elbow, the screws and washers more or less stay put. If I can't put the item back together right away, the tin gets labeled and tossed in the chassis for future reassembly.