Decent tweezers at last!

[De.Mort]

Buy a cheap vacuum cleaner, hide it from SWMBO and don't use it for anything except looking for parts.
Pete

That's a Damn good idea !! cheers .

[Scratchbuilder]

That's a Damn good idea !! cheers .

Try this, taken from my earlier comment it might save your knees from wearing out the carpet :hungry:
"So what I do now is except for the pointed ones I c/a some 240 wet n dry about 10mm length, allow it to dry and then with the tweezers held closed I trim away the excess 240 to the shape of the tips. And when worn out - just remove - clean up and replace."
Mike.

[De.Mort]

Try this, taken from my earlier comment it might save your knees from wearing out the carpet :hungry:
"So what I do now is except for the pointed ones I c/a some 240 wet n dry about 10mm length, allow it to dry and then with the tweezers held closed I trim away the excess 240 to the shape of the tips. And when worn out - just remove - clean up and replace."
Mike.

Feeling embarrassed how i missed your comment :disappointed2: An excellent idea though , thank you ... off to find some sandpaper now!

[Guest]

S

I'm afraid I always get glue & paint on my tweezers - CA, PVA, Contacta - I clean them up by passing a gas lighter flame over them - so all metal tweezers for me!
Dave

Same here Dave! I tried sanding mine off and stabbed myself with them Lol - I might try the lighter trick next time. I also found that the slow trying ca glue is easier to use

[David Lovell]

All good stuff I've two pairs a flat end pair and a really thin pointy pair bent over at about forty five degrees both form the medical/hospital cupboard both work fine.
I do however have a few rules I try and keep to ,have a good look at the piece your going to pick up curvy tapery bits ie the lights on fenders is there a better way of picking it up besides the obvious this applies to most parts ,secondly there's no need to squeeze the tweezers like your trying to close a pair of mole grips the harder you squeeze the further from home your piece will travel as it surrenders to the 3rd dimension. Try it there's hardly any pressure needed to pick the piece up.
I also use one of thoes looks like a pencil but has white stuff not lead to pick up small parts I think there made by ultimate ill try and put a pic up later ,another fave of mine gently stab it with the point of a sharp scaple blade picks it up a treat and no it doesn't show no one says look whyi s his model covered in stab marks ,also a cocktail stick with a bit of saliva on the end(no cocktail sticks sharpen a piece of sprue)picks up small pieces a treat. Lost parts when my daughter was young you could get a very thorough search for fifty pence a part/piece now I have to bribe her to show me how to operate all these gadgets nowadays. Dave