A_S Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Hi all - any techniques for getting these into the metal part with holes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarz-Brot Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Good tweezers. Plus widening the holes just enough to accept the switches easily without pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_S Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 I’m not sure I’ve got fine enough tweezers but good plan on the holes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarz-Brot Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 With such fine work I highly recommend investing in really good tweezers with a firm but very fine tip. Forget china stuff and forget cheap stuff. Go somewhere where you can see the tip an give it a try. I think this would be in the 20€ / 15Pound segment. I usually get mine at trade fairs, so testing is no problem. Alternatively you can try medical and electronics suppliers. Especially tweezers for SMD electronics work are very fine but come at a price. If you cheap out you'll pay double. Or more if you don't learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_S Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) I'll have a look. I managed it, but I lost 6 or 8 in the process (they kept springing out of the tweezers) and now don't have enough to use on the sump guard bits! Luckily i have some brass rod i can use to simulate the bolts on those parts! Edited March 26, 2020 by A_S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlanceHR Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Use one of those sticky pencils. I find that in this case the tweezers are just tiny, hand held catapults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 One technique that I've found useful is to start with a much longer length of brass wire. Round off or dress the end as appropriate and then insert the wire from the back side. Secure the wire with a drop of CA on the rear and then clip it flush at the rear. Dress the wire again and repeat. Since you're inserting the wire from the rear, you can do a whole row or block of switches. If a knob is needed at the end, a drop of CA or PVA glue will usually suffice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Make friends with an Ophthalmologist. They use incredibly tiny pointed forceps to handle absurdly small sutures used on eyeballs. Some of these are "single use" ahem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 I chop the end off a toothpick to make it flat. Touch it to your tongue to dampen it slightly and you can pick up tiny parts pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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