Very Small Parts: Help!!!

Sounds like you are using too much glue for one thing. I use CA for tiny parts most of the time. Make sure everything fits nicely and there is good contact between the pieces before even thinking about grabbing the glue bottle. Next place a drop of CA (aka-super glue) on a scrap of plastic or an old soda cap. Place the part you are attaching in contact to the part you are glueing it to. Now take your glue applicator (I use a sewing needle held in an old pinvise but a tooth pick will also work) and pick up a tiny dab of glue. Touch it to the joint between the two parts and capillary action will pull the glue between the parts. Now hold it still for several seconds. Your parts should now be glued together. A note about the needle used in my applicator: The eye has been cut in half so you have a tiny horse shoe shape in place of the closed loop. You can do this with a grinding wheel in a dremel or some snipper that cut metal. Please wear eye protection when modifying the needle.

Use the tweezers to properly install the part. Then use a triple zero (000) paint brush to apply a single drop of CA to the place where the two parts meet. The capillary action of the thin liquid will distribute the CA. Don't move for 15 seconds. You can even hole the part with the tweezer, while applying the CA with the other hand. I would highly recommend you purchase a hemostat (micromark # 2111). This will lock the small part, so you only have to worry about placement and the brush. Before I learned to apply the CA with a paint brush - I would get glue everywhere. You're not using tube glue - right?