Whats worse is when the tiny screw in your glasses pops out!! Thank God they sell a small repair set with tiny screws and mini screw driver!!~~Eric

if a tiny component flew out during disassembly, it's simply impossible to find it any more.

Truer words were never spoken! I lost a sear spring plunger off a Luger last year and also a takedown lever spring off my 1936 Krieghoff. Both are somewhere in this leather shop..I saw the direction they went but after hours of searching they have yet to show up!

I have a powerful "magnet on a stick" that I bought at a hardware store. I used it when our house was being built to pick up the stray nails so that I wasn't constantly getting my tires repaired. Run that puppy around the shop floor or a pile rug and you will be amazed at what you can turn up.

I also have one of those magnets. If you routinely disassemble delicate items, it is cheap to build a "disassembly box".
You can use a cheap, cardboard box, line it with white paper or white paint, an old, white or cream colored towel on the bottom, a hole in the top for a work lamp to stick through and a slot and two holes for your viewing port and arm entries. Anything flying off your project will not have far to go in this environment.

It's a lot easier to go in your bedroom, stick your head, arms, & pistol under the sheet and take it apart... :thumbup:

Another time was assembling a cone hammer's lock work, it's very hard to push the main spring down and insert the coupling into the frame. Since the spring was so stiff and I had been holding it down too long but still could not insert that stupid coupling, my hand started shaking. The spring, spring caps, and the coupling all flied out. I even heard the sound when they dropped on the floor. Soon, I found the spring and one cap, but I could not find the other cap and coupling. There were a few big cardboard boxes holding various kinds of small junk items on the floor, I was not sure whether they went there. Since it's not an option to give up, I spent the whole night without sleeping searching. Finally found them.