tweezers?

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what's the consensus on the best (sliver removing) tweezers?

b.w.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned dial calipers. They work and are always near by. I use for those steel chip splinters.

Of course a shop towel and electrical tape is a bandage.

Karl

Clean up the ones you have by grinding the outer edges of the tips even, and pulling sandpaper through the closed tips to fit them parallel.

For prolonged use such as electronic assembly the Erem Swiss tweezers are very nice:

jsw

I like these:

Point Splinter Expert tweezers $2.45 ea.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:51:25 -0500, the infamous "Karl Townsend" scrawled the following:

Yeah, I've done that and concur. They work fine.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the friendly local MRI machine. Stand near machine during use and the splinters simply fly outta ya.

Right, wipe the wound, flip towel over, then tape it up. PT and TP both work with any tape, too.

-- ...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work. -- John Ruskin

One who's jaws are aligned. I take any tweezers that are not functioning properly, and get a strip of aluminum oxide. I clamp the strip in the jaws and pull the strip through. Reverse the side and do it again. Repeat until the jaws close and match. Takes various numbers depending on how bad the alignment is in the first place.

Get a bottle of tincture of iodine, and put a dab on the sliver to make the sliver absorb the iodine and stand out. Makes them infinitely more visible.

Steve

book coming soon

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

At times, I will take a big set of nail clippers, and actually cut a divot of meat out right at the base of the sliver. A lot of times this will get the sliver, and lots of times, it will expose the sliver enough to get ahold of it if the sliver is deep. Just don't take a divot deep enough to cause pain. Stay in the top two layers of skin, and you won't feel it. If necessary, take two, one in one direction, the other 180 out. You should get the sliver, or expose it. As mentioned, sometimes a good pointed xacto knife works well, too.

Steve

book coming soon

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

I have a pair of Dumont watchmaker/jeweler's tweezers. Very Sharp. They work wonders for slivers.

I got them from a friend of mine who is a watchmaker...best 17.00 I've ever spent.

_kevin

No matter which way they went in.....brrrrrr

Gunner

"First Law of Leftist Debate The more you present a leftist with factual evidence that is counter to his preconceived world view and the more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot, homophobe approaches infinity.

This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to the subject." Grey Ghost

Me too, when I can find one of the 8-10 sets ive bought over the years at Harbor Freight.

Gunner

"First Law of Leftist Debate The more you present a leftist with factual evidence that is counter to his preconceived world view and the more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot, homophobe approaches infinity.

This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to the subject." Grey Ghost

I have a pair of Dumont watchmaker/jeweler's tweezers. Very Sharp. They work wonders for slivers.

I got them from a friend of mine who is a watchmaker...best 17.00 I've ever spent.

_kevin

I once bought a pair of Revlon tweezers that were touted for doing their task very well. IIRC, they were probably $7-8, at that time spendy. Came in a little red felt case. But, they were worth the money. Had them for a very long time, too. Have no idea where they went. Sometimes you DO get what you pay for.

Steve

watch for the book

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

I use a pair of fingernail clippers. Steve

I usually can get slivers out with my fingernails. Wood slivers, I'll use a sharp needle, if the wood broke off under the skin, to get a purchase on it. I'm not squimish.

Wes

Funny, after you get the little darling out of there and see it, how much a little piece of something can cause you so much pain and grief ...........................

And how much better it feels. Instantly.

Steve

I use these;

They are eyebrow tweezers also. I never thought about it, until I found a pair laying on the sidewalk. I picked them up and said "Jeez, this is a nice pair of tweezers." They are sturdy, confortable and the jaws are wide and flat and very well fitted. You have to stone the point though, the factory softens the edges so women won't put their eye out.

Paul K. Dickman

Sorta like the princess and the pea.

Wes

IIRC now, I believe those Revlons were eyebrow tweezers. Although now that I'm older, I do use tweezers to get those hog bristles out of my own eyebrows. How does Andy Rooney stand those tangled hedges he has? Good God, man, at least trim them a bit!

MAKEUP!

Steve

watch for the book

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

I liked the Carol Burnett version where in addition to the pea the mattresses were stuffed with scrap car parts.

jsw