Picking Up The Pieces By James Goss     You might think this is the beginning of a really good crash story and the pilot had to pick up a lot of tiny pieces of balsa in the vicinity of the crash, like I have done on numerous occasions. Actually this deals with picking up those little aggravating pieces of hardware that we all use in this hobby. We all know how irritating it can be to try and pick up a 2-56 nut or washer with our clumsy fingers. It just will not stick to our fingers so we find our forceps or some of our magnetic tools to pick it up. I have written about this before, but I feel it may help some of our new members to read about it. If you will place a piece of foam, about an inch thick and six inches square, near your workstation it will solve this problem of clumsy fingers. Simply keep the small hardware that you are currently using on this foam. You will be able to pick up the tiniest piece of hardware as if it was a coke can. It is truly amazing how well this works and in a years time, if you only pick up 500 tiny parts, I have calculated that you will save at least 5 hours of your valuable time. I figure I pick up about 10,000 tiny parts each year so I save 83 hours. This is based on the fact that you will spend at least 30 seconds trying to pick up a tiny washer, and longer if you drop it on the floor.