rrebell Get a hand vac. Vac the area and dump and sort, works well.
Get a hand vac. Vac the area and dump and sort, works well.
I have two of these, one in the workshop and one at the layout. I've used the dump & sort method several times.
Vacuum_DC by Edmund, on Flickr
The nozzle tip (sepecially the pull-out crevice tip) is actually quite small to attempt to fit any kind of mesh there. Just as easy to dump the contents into a shallow "take-out" container and start sifting.
Very handy for vacuuming the layout itself, too.
Regards, Ed
rrebellGet a hand vac. Vac the area and dump and sort, works well.
Not invented by me; learned here on the forum. Passing it forward.
This is one type of work that I have become very adept at doing. I can't tell you how often I have covered a square yard, taking 45 minutes due to the smallness of the item (and sometimes the poor light, often late in the day) and finally found what I was looking for. Once it was a half-inch O-ring out of the female receptacle on a pressure washer wand. In grass.
I agree that the pins will be very hard to find. But, with a methodical approach, one or two small but powerful light sources (LED flashlight or xenon flashlight) at ground level, you will eventually find them. Just accept that it might be well over half an hour.
Update: found the rod.
Only one way to find out.
Well, I returned my first Y3. I have now acquired a second Y3 with original tender, and oh boy is it amazing. Unfortunately while handling the locomotive the eccentric rod came off as well as the pins. I found one pin, but the rod and other pin have disappead(don't ask how, I don't know.) are the eccentric rod/pins from the Rivarossi Y6b a decent replacement?