Hi Jacques… Of course, that’s what I was wishing I had while I was working on this, and definitely when I dropped the screw! But I did not, and of course I tend to want to just finish a job once I’ve started, not breaking to go find a new tool… So I just improvised with what I could find around the office. Cheers! -cvj
Yes, had I not found that I had a magnet, the next thing to go on the end of the chopstick was a bit of kneaded eraser (a bit like blue-tac but with less tac)…
Ha! Funny story, I had some friends over to play boardgames, and the cat decided to jump onto the table and attack the pieces. One small wooden game piece flew off…somewhere. We looked everywhere and couldn’t find it. Then on a hunch, I decided to pick up the subwoofer which was on the floor near the table, and shake it. And there it was! The cat had managed to bat it at just the right angle that it went into the sound hole of the subwoofer and was now swimming around inside.
On the other side of the sound hole is a tube that leads to the transducer on the circuit board, inside the speaker. This construction was intended for acoustics, and was such that no amount of jostling could ever make the piece fall back out.
So I tried chopsticks, but the tube was too narrow to allow the chopsticks to open wide enough to grab the piece. In the end, the solution that worked was chopstick plus blue tac.
Dear readers: I’ve begun transitioning my social media activity here over to another place, with bluer skies. I hope you’ll come too and read/follow my posts over there. There are new posts on the blog too, where I hope to be increasing activity a bit while decreasing it here.
Dear readers: I’ve begun transitioning my social media activity here over to another place, with bluer skies. I hope you’ll come too and read/follow my posts over there. There are new posts on the blog too, where I hope to be increasing activity a bit while decreasing it here.
Just noticed that 4 years ago to the day I did a post about #LEGO and #LittleBits, and coincidentally today we tinkered with them for the first time in a while…
Hard to express my feelings about this news. Quincy Jones is a massive part of the foundations of my formative years (in so much music across genres and media). Inevitable passing, of course, but no less sad… Thanks for the music and inspiration Quincy!
Dear readers: I’ve begun transitioning my social media activity here over to another place, with bluer skies. I hope you’ll come too and read/follow my posts over there. There are new posts on the blog too, where I hope to be increasing activity a bit while decreasing it here.
Dear readers: I’ve begun transitioning my social media activity here over to another place, with bluer skies. I hope you’ll come too and read/follow my posts over there. There are new posts on the blog too, where I hope to be increasing activity a bit while decreasing it here.
Just noticed that 4 years ago to the day I did a post about #LEGO and #LittleBits, and coincidentally today we tinkered with them for the first time in a while…
Hard to express my feelings about this news. Quincy Jones is a massive part of the foundations of my formative years (in so much music across genres and media). Inevitable passing, of course, but no less sad… Thanks for the music and inspiration Quincy!
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Duct tape leaves a horrible residue. I needed to have dinner with those chopsticks shortly after! 🙂
-cvj
A bit disappointed you chose double-stick tape rather than the classic duct tape……
Hi Jacques… Of course, that’s what I was wishing I had while I was working on this, and definitely when I dropped the screw! But I did not, and of course I tend to want to just finish a job once I’ve started, not breaking to go find a new tool… So I just improvised with what I could find around the office. Cheers! -cvj
Two words: magnetized screwdriver.
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Yes, had I not found that I had a magnet, the next thing to go on the end of the chopstick was a bit of kneaded eraser (a bit like blue-tac but with less tac)…
Ha! Funny story, I had some friends over to play boardgames, and the cat decided to jump onto the table and attack the pieces. One small wooden game piece flew off…somewhere. We looked everywhere and couldn’t find it. Then on a hunch, I decided to pick up the subwoofer which was on the floor near the table, and shake it. And there it was! The cat had managed to bat it at just the right angle that it went into the sound hole of the subwoofer and was now swimming around inside.
On the other side of the sound hole is a tube that leads to the transducer on the circuit board, inside the speaker. This construction was intended for acoustics, and was such that no amount of jostling could ever make the piece fall back out.
So I tried chopsticks, but the tube was too narrow to allow the chopsticks to open wide enough to grab the piece. In the end, the solution that worked was chopstick plus blue tac.
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Chopsticks are excellent multitaskers! We once had a neighbor who would use them to pick bugs off of garden vegetable plants.
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RT @BlackPhysicists: The Taming of the Screw… https://t.co/Rfrvt08g2Z via @Asymptotia
RT @BlackPhysicists: The Taming of the Screw… https://t.co/Rfrvt08g2Z via @Asymptotia
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The Taming of the Screw… https://t.co/Rfrvt08g2Z via @Asymptotia