Reverse-Action Tweezers
160 mm, self-closing, cross-locking
$16.00
USDStandard shipping $6.00, free over $75. Arrives in 3-6 business days. 30-day returns.
Reverse-action means the spring holds them closed and you squeeze to open. Once they have a part they keep it without any effort from you, which is what you want when the other hand is holding a blade or a brush and the part is 3 mm long.
They are the tool that makes small assembly possible rather than merely difficult. A part held in a normal tweezer needs constant grip pressure, and grip pressure is what makes a hand shake after thirty seconds.
Non-magnetic stainless, which matters more than it sounds. A magnetised tweezer picks up every steel pin and photo-etch offcut on the bench and will not let go of any of them.
The specification
Everything we know about this item, stated plainly.
- Fits
- Jaws open to 9 mm and close flat along a 14 mm serrated face. Holds flat and round stock from about 0.3 mm up to 9 mm.
- Service life
- Indefinite if the points are not abused. The check is alignment: close them on a strip of paper and hold them to a light. Any daylight along the jaw means they have been sprung, and a sprung reverse-action tweezer cannot be bent back - the spring is the body.
- Composition
- Non-magnetic austenitic stainless steel, cross-locking spring, serrated flat jaws with a stepped tip.
- Dimensions
- 160 mm overall, jaw face 14 mm, 9 mm maximum opening
- Weight
- 24 g
Fitting & care
- Close the points on a piece of paper to check alignment before first use; they should meet along their whole length.
- Pick up by the flats, not the points. Points bend at the tip and never come back square.
- Store points-down in a tray or a roll rather than loose in a drawer.
- Do not leave them clamped on a part overnight; the jaws mark soft plastic where they sit.
Cautions
- Not for pulling parts off a fret or a sprue. Use a cutter; a tweezer used as a puller springs open and stops meeting.
- Not for holding anything under a flame or a soldering iron. Heat draws the temper out of the spring and the tool stays open.
- Not for use as a probe or a screwdriver. The points are the whole tool.
- Not for holding a part being sanded. The serration marks the plastic and the grit gets into the jaw.
Shipping
$6.00 standard, free over $75. 3-6 business days. Full policy
30 DAYS
Returns
Unused and in original packaging. Refunded within 5 business days of reaching us. Full policy
Questions about this product
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