Tweeeezers!

[Markh_75]

Are you holding your breath and poking your tongue out? Seems to assist me ......... sometimes

Nigel

I'd end up biting through my tongue!

[Markh_75]

I'm afraid i'm not feeling 'the Love' with these pick and place gadgets guys. Mine wont even lift the smallest parts, and if it does it just drops them again.

I've asked for a refund. Back to square 1.

[TeeELL]

There is a gismo which has a ‘sticky’ tip:





Unfortunately, you will have to wait for someone to tell you what it is called ‘cos I can’t remember.

[TeeELL]

Oh! It is called a sticky pick up tool. Available on eBay, Amazon etc etc etc

[Markh_75]

Lol; this is exactly the tool i am talking about! Mine wont pick up!

[TeeELL]

Mark,
mine was the same until I wiped the ‘sticky’ bit with isopropyl alcohol which cleaned the dust etc off.

[Markh_75]

What’s Isopropyl? Lol does it have a household name? Lol don’t know if I have any of that.
Thanks for your reply. Always grateful for help and advice.

[TeeELL]

Rubbing alcohol. Google is your friend! Try Tamiya acrylic thinners

[Markh_75]

I have Humbrol acrylic thinners, that would be the same wouldn’t it?

[fredk]

No. Try methylated spirits (aka meths) or vodka

[Markh_75]

Cheers for that.

[montessa315]

There is a gismo which has a ‘sticky’ tip:



Unfortunately, you will have to wait for someone to tell you what it is called ‘cos I can’t remember.

A pick and Place. Used a lot in jewellery making.
Hobby craft normally stock them.

For very small bits of PE I use a tooth pick with a dampened end for placing on a kit.


Alan.........

[fredk]

Blue-tac on the end of a length of sprue for picking up and placing small flat things or placing of small clear parts like landing light covers. A big lump of blue-tac or its less tacky cousin white-tac for lifting and fitting canopies

[Markh_75]

Blue-tac on the end of a length of sprue for picking up and placing small flat things or placing of small clear parts like landing light covers. A big lump of blue-tac or its less tacky cousin white-tac for lifting and fitting canopies

Thanks for this, will bear it in mind!

[Swiftnbold]

I've found nothing better than a wax pencil (Chinagraph), it can be sharpened to create a fine tip, blunted to create a broad tip, picks up PE and larger and is cheaper than the Gucci tool.
Don't buy the paper wound type go for the traditional wooden stick and a pencil sharpener with the large aperture.