tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post1860845288996949311..comments2024-03-26T10:21:28.283-07:00Comments on modeling the SP: TweezersTony Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-83215354724044567062015-01-13T11:39:12.994-08:002015-01-13T11:39:12.994-08:00Good point on the hemostats, Chris, as I do have s...Good point on the hemostats, Chris, as I do have some and occasionally find a place to use them. To me, though, they are not really tweezers. I too have used them as heat sinks.<br />Tony ThompsonTony Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-7804265348789451032015-01-11T12:16:32.614-08:002015-01-11T12:16:32.614-08:00Good quality tweezers are also available from outl...Good quality tweezers are also available from outlets that cater to the stamp collecting hobby, where they are sold as "tongs". Doctors' hemostats, which lock, are also useful but exert fairly strong clamping pressure; I use them when soldering both to maintain a mechanical connection of the parts and as heat sinks.Chris Palermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385444835824323364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-81939959947544814262015-01-04T15:58:17.449-08:002015-01-04T15:58:17.449-08:00Good idea for soldering, though not what I would c...Good idea for soldering, though not what I would call tweezers, nor is soldering something I have ever used tweezers for. But thanks for the tip -- just might need it one of these days.<br />Tony ThompsonTony Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-64163864080937171322015-01-04T15:49:46.353-08:002015-01-04T15:49:46.353-08:00UK modeller Phil Parker uses wood two-piece "...UK modeller Phil Parker uses wood two-piece "snacksticks" for holding parts to be soldered. See his blog for the 4th of January-- http://philsworkbench.blogspot.ca/<br /><br />Steve Lucas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com