Just Gary, I stand corrected. The panel of judges have determined that dandelion seeds are indeed sometimes called down. So we have credited your score with the $1200, and deducted the same from Randy's score. (Have I been watching too much Jeopardy or what?)
When you get to replacing the Proxxon nose bearing, the instructions say you need a long-nosed snapring pliers, since the bearing and snapring are
way down in the nose. I tried making extension pins for my pliers using hex keys (the most heat-treated things I have) but they still bent--and one snapped.
I remembered I had a very skinny needle-nose (snipe nose? mosquito nose? swallowtail butterfly proboscis nose?) pliers in the bottom of my "pinchy tools" drawer, which I attacked with the corner of my bench grinder wheel. The closeup photo flatters not my grinding "skill", but they were just the right combination of heft and reach to do the job. If you don't have a similar pair, you're welcome to borrow mine. On second thought, you probably have the proper tool in the first place...
There's a nice
PDF copy of the Proxxon manual (from which you can print out a usable-size exploded drawing) at Proxxon World's website.
Randy