Any one ever had custom tweezers made??? I am thinking about having some lock tweezers with slip on ends like the stamp tweezers. Anyone else do anything like this???
Do you mean something like these?:
www.harborfreight.com/6-pc-fine-point-tweezer-set-93598.html
Yup - I got’em.
Micromark has a variety as well: http://www.micromark.com/SearchResult.aspx?deptIdFilter=0&searchPhrase=tweezers
Nope for the life of me I can’t find anything like this: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_tongs In cross action tweezers. What I was thinking is to hold parts that have a weird curve.
Look:
www.micromark.com/flat-and-smooth-decal-tweezer,7279.html
Very similar to what you’re looking for…
Go to Micromark.com and do a search for tweezers. You will find what you’re looking for.
I have a few pair of these cheap, angled tweezers. I bend the prongs inward, and they work great for holding wheels while you’re airbrushing them and letting them dry.
Although rather pricey, this place has nearly every type of tweezer in the known universe:
I want a pair of hard rubber tipped tweezers. I can’t find any but I think having the rubber would prevent parts shooting out across the room. Do these exist?
Dolphin
buy a set of cheap tweezers and use Liquid Electrical Tape http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Liquid-Electrical-Tape-for-Boats-SCP-14201-/331150272304?hash=item4d1a182730:m:mABMKhbrXDI82toFgefl8BA
Just dip them in and leave to dry. The idea was in FSM a few months back and they work great
Phil
Just curious… I am a newbie and reading and learning.
So what would you use these for? Thanks
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Dolphin24
I want a pair of hard rubber tipped tweezers. I can’t find any but I think having the rubber would prevent parts shooting out across the room. Do these exist?
I am new thanks for the idea
in theory they would be for anything, mainly small, rounded parts that metal tweezers sometimes won’t hold very well.
oh cool, I might need to try that
I just use a toothpick.
Me too, held in a wooden clothespin. Just snug that toothpick into the wheel real good and tight, should be good to go.[:D]
Gary
Jamming a toothpick into the axle hole is also convenient for hand painting wheels. You can slowly twirl it while holding a small paintbrush against the rim. Since you do not need to move the brush with your hand/fingers, you can brace them and get a nice good line of paint that way.
Yep Don, been there too. [B] That works quite well with a bit o’ practice.
Gary
The only solution I have found to avoid tweezers to cause tiny parts to launch to parts never-again-to-be-found is to avoid using tweezers for tiny parts.
For tweezers of all types and uses and for really good price es, check out widget supply.com Bob Gregory Ruining one kit at a time.