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   whit3rd to Phil Hobbs   
   Re: What size of surface-mount component   
   13 Jun 18 16:45:09   
   
   From: whit3rd@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, May 21, 2018 at 11:01:05 AM UTC-7, Phil Hobbs wrote:   
   > On 05/21/18 09:23, George Herold wrote:   
      
   > > Phil, what's wrong with the cheap tweezers from India?  I think that   
   > > is what I mostly use.  Is there something I'm missing?   
   >   
   > I suggest you drop $25 on a Swiss pair and see. ;)   
   >   
   > Mainly the poorly-ground points that aren't reliably parallel, so that   
   > parts tend to squirt out like the way kids shoot cherry pits from their   
   > thumb and fist.  Also they tend to be magnetic stainless, which is a   
   > pain with nickel end caps.   
      
   ...and inductors.   
      
   A demagnetizer on the table with the stereo microscope is essential.   
   Yean, even Erem (swiss) needed the demagnetizer.   
      
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