“Interior Decorating”

[CaddyDaddy]

My modeling shop is down in the basement, with it’s inherent hard concrete floor. I can’t count the number of times that I dropped a small part (or had it shoot off the tweezers) resulting in wasted “search” time, or ultimately, a permanently lost piece. So, what to do?

I ran down to Home Depot and bought a piece of BLACK indoor/outdoor carpet (not the “grassy” type, but the one where the material is more like thick felt). I placed it under the bench and a couple of feet out where when sitting on my work stool, I’m surrounded by it.

This helps two ways: first, white styrene or small metallic parts easily show up on the black background. Lastly, the carpet acts as a cushion so the piece will not bounce or roll away.

[floodstang]

That’s a good idea!

[bobss396]

Good idea. My basement building area has a tile floor. Drop something and it could wind up on the moon. Now I build at my dining room table. Even those parts can bounce off my foot and be lost forever. 

[MeatMan]

On 1/11/2024 at 8:25 AM, bobss396 said:

Good idea. My basement building area has a tile floor. Drop something and it could wind up on the moon. Now I build at my dining room table. Even those parts can bounce off my foot and be lost forever. 

Ditto!