Originally Posted by
oldsewnsew
I find it helpful to hold the tips of my screwdrivers to a magnetic parts dish. It keeps just enough magnetism to hold those little ones.
Yes, this is a very good tip.
Most of my screwdrivers are magnetized, and those that aren't (yet) I have an earth magnet that I stick to them. From time to time though, the screw just doesn't want to stay on the tip of the driver, and those are the ones that travel.
The one I found in the machine, I'd checked the machine twice previous on a "long shot". I was getting desperate though, it was several days past time to vacuum, and I couldn't bear to do it without knowing where the screw was.
Originally Posted by
miriam
I have a knife magnet on my bench - I am amazed at how many screws it catches. Then there are still some that go in the oddest places.
That would work really well! It would catch the "sweepers" - the ones that just roll off the desk as you move your hand or whatever. I think it's the bouncers that cause the most lost time.
I might just do that, since the knives keep falling off the magnet. I'll get a butcher block and take the knife magnet for the shop.