Splinter tweezer magnifier

[DIYer]

Thanks olderdan! We've added your Tweezers to our Miscellaneous category,
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Tweezers by olderdan

tags: tweezer

[DIYer]

Thanks olderdan! We've added your Small Caliper to our Measuring and Marking category,
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Small Caliper by olderdan

tags: caliper

[DIYer]

Thanks tonyfoale! We've added your Splinter Extractor to our Miscellaneous category,
as well as to your builder page: tonyfoale's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Splinter Extractor by tonyfoale

tags: extractor, tweezer

[Toolmaker51]

I'll not back down. My sharpened and honed technician style tweezers are the kind. Though, I'm intrigued by Mr. K's magnifying attachment to pimp them up.
But a loaded soldier sucker sounds way more entertaining, if anchor-clankers deserve equal care...Wing-nuts get in a different line.

[Toolmaker51]

Many times I find that using the tweezers to press down the skin surrounding the splinter exposes the end of the splinter enough to obtain a grip on it. However, this action with sharp pointed tweezers can verge on the painful.

This not directed at Marv; but anything about hands brings this to mind. Every time.

and that performance segues directly here

It's good knowing respect is cultivated, not instantaneous. It might be fast, but some act paves the way.
I relate all this to HMT.net; what a incredibly diverse yet tightly knit crowd operates within.

[Beserkleyboy]

Thanks for those, mate. Lovely sentiment in the 2nd...Cheers

Jim - in yet another lovely Sunday on the South Coast of NSW

[Toolmaker51]

Very interesting thread, specifically how difficult-to-extract splinters require different tools. This is analogous to a screwdriver vs. a stripped screw extractor.

Somehow, directly or not, a huge percentage of threads have this quality. Just as misuse of the driver brings the extractor into play, yet have no functional relation with the other. Screwdrivers are of the frequent if not most ill used devices around. Oddly enough, there possibly is one extractor for every 500 screwdrivers. Part of justification for wide, but ultra-narrow slots in a fine shotgun is right there, keeping ill-equipped tinkerers out. Oh, the stories I could tell!

The endless variety of work keeps both ends of the build & fix spectrum occupied. And more evidence for my position harping this really isn't 'just a hobby'. The delineation of profit versus positive activity is not a border, it's a bridge.

[Toolmaker51]

Thanks for those, mate. Lovely sentiment in the 2nd...Cheers

Thank you. Just because a figure is seen as a character, might not lessen either, if both are done right. We recall many characters typify what people should be, and so more influential than normal fluff. I freely admit sharing one more trait with Mr. Dreyfuss too.

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[nova_robotics]

Huh. I should give that a try. I get a ton of metal splinters and they're a pain in the butt. Thanks!

[johnsmachines]

If I can see a splinter but cannot grab it with surgical tweezers, I use a hypodermic needle (19 gauge) to cut down onto it, under magnification, then use the sharp point to spear the splinter out. Always works, and rarely bleeds. I was a surgeon years ago. But I will try the method suggested by Tony!