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Custom tweezers
Posted by Peaches on Monday, June 8, 2015 12:49 AM
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???

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Monday, June 8, 2015 8:18 AM

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
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Posted by Peaches on Monday, June 8, 2015 2:02 PM
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.

WIP:
Academy F-18 (1/72)

On Deck 

MH-60G 1:48 (Minicraft)

C-17 1/144

KC-135R 1/144

Academy F-18(1/72)

Ting Ting Ting, WTF is that....

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Monday, June 8, 2015 2:12 PM

Look:

www.micromark.com/flat-and-smooth-decal-tweezer,7279.html

Very similar to what you're looking for...

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Monday, June 8, 2015 2:14 PM

Go to Micromark.com and do a search for tweezers. You will find what you're looking for.

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Posted by USAFASME7 on Thursday, August 6, 2015 10:16 AM

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.

--Rob

Glue Sniffer since 1977

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Posted by CN Spots on Friday, August 7, 2015 2:32 PM

Although rather pricey, this place has nearly every type of tweezer in the known universe:

 

http://www.techni-tool.com/categories/Precision-Tweezers

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Posted by Dolphin24 on Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:35 AM

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?

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Posted by P mitch on Saturday, October 31, 2015 4:34 PM

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

"If anybody ever tells you anything about an aeroplane which is so bloody complicated you can't understand it, take it from me: it's all balls." R J Mitchell


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Posted by Kardar2 on Sunday, November 1, 2015 9:29 AM

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?

 

Just curious....  I am a newbie and reading and learning.

So what would you use these for? Thanks

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Posted by Kardar2 on Monday, November 2, 2015 9:24 AM

[quote user="Kardar2"]

 

 
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

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Posted by Dolphin24 on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 1:07 PM

in theory they would be for anything, mainly small, rounded parts that metal tweezers sometimes won't hold very well.

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Posted by Dolphin24 on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 1:08 PM

oh cool, I might need to try that

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Posted by GreenThumb on Saturday, November 28, 2015 8:34 AM

USAFASME7

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.

 

 

I just use a toothpick. 

Mike

 

 

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Posted by Texgunner on Saturday, November 28, 2015 8:42 AM

GreenThumb

 

 
USAFASME7

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.

 

 

 

 

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.Big Smile

Gary


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Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, November 28, 2015 9:47 AM

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.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by Texgunner on Saturday, November 28, 2015 10:30 AM

Yep Don, been there too. Beer That works quite well with a bit o' practice.

Gary

 


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Posted by Greg on Saturday, November 28, 2015 10:33 AM

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?

 

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.

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Posted by gobobbie on Saturday, November 28, 2015 8:47 PM
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.
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