From: pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net   
      
   On 06/13/18 19:45, whit3rd wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   My $25 Swiss ones are 304 stainless.  Look for "antimagnetic"   
   laser-etched on the side.  You can also get titanium ones.  One useful   
   tip is to take a miniature binder clip and slide it up and down on the   
   back end of the arms to make adjustable self-closing tweezers.  That way   
   you don't lose stuff when you change your grip.   
      
   The $5 Aven antimagnetic stainless ones from Digikey are also OK.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Phil Hobbs   
      
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