really tiny broke parts

Hi John!

    On the Tweeze thing. When you pass the Emery Cloth or Coarse file across the tweezer jaws make sure you have them exactly 90 degrees from the edges.! When I am working on the "SOYA-Third Corps" I am very careful. She has a lot of very intricately molded parts in 1/350. Yup! parts molded in scale! Scary, right? The Dogs and Man are 1/35, "Britannia Metal?" though and very well done. I will do them when the ship is done. With my "Parky" Partner I only get about and hour or so a day.But, I am going to keep plugging til shes done.She also has a very unique way of fitting on the stand. I will explain all later.   T.B.

Tanker-Builder

John3m;

        Hi. Since I was diagnosed with Parkinsons, I figured why when tweezing a part it flys off to "Never" land. So, to solve that I do two things now. First I make sure I am not squeezing as hard, and secondly Make sure all my tweezers have teeth to hold with. If they don't, Then I make teeth with 180 grip Emery cloths passed through their jaws. Don't laugh! It works!

 

Cool idea. I'll have to try that on a pair.

something i recently did with my tweezers. I also had the same problem but recently found a resolution. In another post i mentioned the use of plastic dip or plasti dip

I dip the tweezers in the rubber for an inch or so to coat the tips and let it dry for a few hours and now the tweezers grip better and because of the friction added surface the part will more likely not fly away as easily. I hang the tweezers from a vertical surface to let the drips flow down. I hung mine from a metal cabinet with a magnet. this substance i originally purchased to coat my metal tool handles and yard tools. 

An additional advantage of the rubber tips on the tweezers is your less likely to damage your plastic parts, especially if they've already been painted and you have to move something around this really small 

John3m;

        Hi. Since I was diagnosed with Parkinsons, I figured why when tweezing a part it flys off to "Never" land. So, to solve that I do two things now. First I make sure I am not squeezing as hard, and secondly Make sure all my tweezers have teeth to hold with. If they don't, Then I make teeth with 180 grip Emery cloths passed through their jaws. Don't laugh! It works!