Tweezers with special tips

[mikesomething]

Hi all

I am thinking of getting some new tweezers this week. At the moment I had dumont number 2 and some cheap brass ones, and I like both of these, but want to get some more for whatever

I have been looking at some of the tipped options, such as the wood tipped ones from dumont, and horotecs carbon fibre and their vulcanised fibre ones

I was thinking that some tipped tweezers might be nice for certain assembly jobs, and was wondering if anyone had tried any of these options?

 

[frenchie]

Aside from the normal tweezers (dumont style 1) and a set of brass ones (style 1AM), I have a set of plastic tweezers to change batteries (about a dollar....), a set of very fine tipped tweezers (hairspring manipulation, style 5), a set of stronger tweezers (style 00, rarely use them).

Note: I don't actually have the dumont branded ones, just the same styles

 

On my list is a set with curved tips, for when things are in the way (style 7?)

[jguitron]

Definitely recommend investing in good brass pickups. Safest to do most of your work with them until you get to specialized tasks. I love the one I recently got for hand manipulation, I think F type but don’t quote me on that. I keep the cheapo ones for force work like replacing chrono springs and such.


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[jguitron]

Oh, the other “investment” should be a plexi stick. I wasn’t a believer and was using wood and the red one that flakes! Since I got the plexi it doesn’t leave my left hand [emoji1303]


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[Ishima]

Not tipped per se, and they're not as easy to find, but I recommend anyone have a pair of bronze tweezers, more precise and durable than brass but still has that perfect little bit of softness that makes handling awkward parts easy and reduces risk of scratches. I picked up a pair of 'asco' bronze tweezers from ebay, an apparent swiss manufacturer, they were about £20 and they're absolutely superb. 

[jguitron]

Not tipped per se, and they're not as easy to find, but I recommend anyone have a pair of bronze tweezers, more precise and durable than brass but still has that perfect little bit of softness that makes handling awkward parts easy and reduces risk of scratches. I picked up a pair of 'asco' bronze tweezers from ebay, an apparent swiss manufacturer, they were about £20 and they're absolutely superb. 

Yes!! That’s it, ASCO highly recommended.




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[rogart63]

I think bronze tweezers are to heavy. Have tried a few but haven't found one that i like to this day. 

[mikesomething]

4 hours ago, jguitron said:

Oh, the other “investment” should be a plexi stick. I wasn’t a believer and was using wood and the red one that flakes! Since I got the plexi it doesn’t leave my left hand

plexi what used for what?

[jguitron]

plexi what used for what?

Pretty much any contact with parts and movement that doesn’t require picking up. You can use it as counter pressure to pick something with the other hand, when you get a bridge installed and all pivots are engaged you hold it down with the plexi while you get the first screw in, etc etc





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[Ishima]

Where do you get your plexi sticks from? I've kind of wanted to make that switch, though pegwood will still have other uses.

[jguitron]

Any watchtool distributer. It’s a common item. I got it from Cas-Ker.@Ishima It’s about $30 but it will last for a long long time.

It’s provided as a peg wood stick and you’ll need a polishing wheel to sharpen one end and the second flatten like a screw driver








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[mikesomething]

so what about these tipped tweezers, any comments?

[Ishima]

sorry mikesomething, we hijacked your thread. I'm afraid I've never much seen the point in any of them, except for plastic tipped metal tweezers just for handling battery and circuit boards. 

[jguitron]

so what about these tipped tweezers, any comments?

Oh, I love them! Perfect weight and action for me. Those two items are my daily baseline tools.





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[jguitron]

This is the extent of my Pick-up armamentarium. Next is tweezers to manipulate cap jewels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[rogart63]

5 mm plexisticks can be bought on Ebay for peanuts. 

[rogart63]

9 minutes ago, jguitron said:

This is te extent of my Pick-up armamentarium. Next is tweezers to manipulate cap jewels










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Love the finish you have on your tweezers tip  . How do you accomplise that? 

Edited October 29, 2017 by rogart63

[jguitron]

Love the finish you have on your tweezers tip  JDM . How do you accomplise that? 

 

 

Lol

 

You mean my fingerprints allova?

 

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EDIT: sorry I missed the tip part... I’ve not done anything to it. So far working perfectly.

 

 

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[rogart63]

4 minutes ago, jguitron said:

 

 

Lol

You mean my fingerprints allova?




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Not ironic this time    I mean the tip they look so shiny . Even if i use 1200 papper or diamond sticks i don't  get that shine . On the outside it would look nice. Inside the tweezer i prefer  sanded finish. 

Edited October 29, 2017 by rogart63

[Ishima]

again my apologies to mike, this is getting off topic fast, but I have to ask two things, can someone link me to these plexi sticks, i actually cant find them anywhere, and interesting that you put a mirror finish on your tips, is there a specific reason? like rogart i like to put a satin finish inside to improve the grip on parts. 

Edited October 29, 2017 by Ishima

[jguitron]

again my apologies to mike, this is getting off topic fast, but I have to ask two things, can someone link me to these plexi sticks, i actually cant find them anywhere, and interesting that you put a mirror finish on your tips, is there a specific reason? 

@rogart63

Sorry I missed the point initially. These tweezers come with mirror finish out of the box. They are filed under hand specific pickups. Perfectly rounded. It feels super safe to handle hands without he fear of scratching them at all. I don’t use them for anything else to keep them in good shape.











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[rogart63]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PLEXIGLAS-Acrylglas-Rundstab-klar-5-mm-x-1000-mm/362045491116?hash=item544b97c7ac:g:aBwAAOSwVL1WAaAg

This was the first i found . They looked good . Have to dig farther back since it was some time ago i bought.  Have a few left i am sure i can part with them. 

[rogart63]

I bought some black acrylic sticks just now . They  looked good. 

[jguitron]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PLEXIGLAS-Acrylglas-Rundstab-klar-5-mm-x-1000-mm/362045491116?hash=item544b97c7ac:g:aBwAAOSwVL1WAaAg
This was the first i found . They looked good . Have to dig farther back since it was some time ago i bought.  Have a few left i am sure i can part with them. 

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[Ishima]

thank you rogart, turns out that one doesn't ship to uk. but altering my search terms a little bit got me exactly what I want, cheap as you like as you say, on their way.