It has never happened before and I'm sure it will never happen again, but I was making one of those 1 -piece Eduard WWII German tool clamps. You know, the ones that take 6 folds and results in a piece the size of a small ant...

I'd cut it off the tree, trimmed it and made the first two folds, lifting the ends up.
Then it slips off the desktop, no tweezer launc, and drops to the floor.

I couldnt see it immediately, and after checking behind the chair wheels, roll back and slowly and lightly sweep my hand across the floor.

Then there was that sinking feeling of a small fragile piece of photoetch ROLLING under my hand...I'm imagining a tangled ball of metal.

Imagine my surprise, when I pick it up and lift the 'handle ' portion clear to find a COMPLETED tool clamp!

Completely folding the next clamp with tweezers, hold and fold, scalpel blades takes 12 minutes and does not look as good as the rolled one...

I'm done at the bench for the morning.

Mike

You may just have found the modelling worlds first use for the floor as a tool. Nice one.

I think the carpet gnomes got to it before the carpet monster. They're usually not that quick...

very cool! the modeling gods were with you!