[Jewelry making - Article 00129] - Re: [Orchid] Flying with tools

[Mark Bingham]

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Pam,

    Get ready for some interesting airport experiences with your tools.
    Flying out of Chicago I had a new acrylic vacuum-hold table for my
    little mill in my checked luggage. The sniffer they use for
    explosives recognized the bonding solvents used in assembling it, so
    red lights and a horn went off. I was corralled in a corner while 400
    delayed and angry passengers in the security line glared at me,
    hissing, pointing and making lynch-mob comments, while security
    ignored my attempts to explain/assist. Twenty minutes later, security
    and I were friends, my vac table was passed as OK, but I still had to
    wait in the same gate lounge with the ugly crowd. 

    No problem! Put all my stuff in my hand-luggage after the next stop.
    Taking it through gate security at Jakarta, Indonesia everything
    went fine, until a final X-ray of hand-luggage at the boarding gate.
    The X-ray inspector picked up on my neat 12 x 4 array of hex-drive
    sockets. I was almost first in line so hundreds of passengers gasped
    at the accusations, passing the story back down the line! That's when
    I learned that "peluru" is Bahasa Indonesia for "bullets". 

    Doesn't matter WHAT tools you put WHERE in WHICH luggage, they are
    going to embarrass you in public. Be ready! 

Mark Bingham
http://www.fourth-axis.com/rotary-4th-fourth-axis-pix-30
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