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Posted by Sherry on November 1, 2009, 1:29 am
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> When you get to Christmas shopping, there a cool tool over in the automot=
ive
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> section that's a good find. =A0It's a sort of saucer and could be used by=
a
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> mechanic keeping up with bits and parts. =A0A serious magnet thingie. =A0=
Big fun
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> when you're stitching a long seam with heaps of pins. =A0You can go full =
speed
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> and just sort of toss the pins in the direction of the saucer and it will
> grab them.
> =A0 =A0 Of course, you must keep it away from the innards of a SM with co=
mputer
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> stuff. =A0Gift shopping in automotive is cheaper than LQS and always turn=
s up
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> something useful. =A0Polly
Whoa, that's a good idea. Craftsman has a set of stainless steel trays
that sounds
like what you're talking about.
I loved it when I got a magnetic pin tray. You just toss the pins in
the general direction
of the tray. Or dump the pins out on the table, use what you need, and
turn the
tray upside down over the spilled pins. They just jump off the table
back onto
the tray. Cheap entertainment, too. Nearly as much fun as as those
plastic
kissing dogs.
Sherry
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>find and pick up pins that fall, needles that get misplaced, etc.
>They are about 1/2" round magnets, very strong, on the ends of a
>handle that starts at 6" long but telescopes like an antenna to over
>two feet! They cost about $2, so I picked up one to keep by my
>favorite "sewing" chair in the living room, and one to drop into my
>tote bag. They are very handy!