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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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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