One pair of tweezers for (almost) all repair work

When you spend hours working on a repair job, you get to know and appreciate your little helpers.



I'm particularly impressed by these tweezers, which I use for almost all repairs on small parts.

They're precisely aligned, non-magnetic, and can also be used to hold desoldering wick and for soldering in general.



What's special about them is that they don't bind with solder. This means the desoldering wick doesn't stick, and you can use them to hold a cable end directly in liquid solder. So far, I haven't missed an insulating pad to protect against heat.

The tweezers are sturdy, too.

On two occasions when they fell under my workbench, the tips stuck in the parquet floor without sustaining any damage.

Good thing my feet were somewhere else

I have a couple of these as well - they work great. I grew up here in New England (US) and many of my older relatives worked in the woolen mills as fine sewers who were responsible for fixing minor imperfections in the woven worsted materials. These kinds of tweezers were one of their main tools. As such we always had any number of these tweezers called "burling irons" hanging around!

All the best,

Paul

Give this design a try. The curve makes it good for holding screws in place for installing, and has a bit more flexibility in use.

Different tweezers for different tasks. General Tools #7 curved-tip are my oldest set. Somewhat fragile, the tips will get bent if the tweezers are dropped. Straight pair cost me something <2 USD from Daiso, a "100-Yen Store".

I also have these tweezers, but I only use them for working with aperture blades: