Precision Tweezers 170mm F130A

Long precision tweezers, 170 mm

With tweezers, length is not just a matter of comfort. A shorter tool forces the hand close to the part, and the hand then blocks the view. Tweezers 170 mm long keep the hand further from the work, so you can see the part you are seating, and they reach even where the opening is narrow and the target deep: into an aircraft fuselage through the cockpit opening, into the fighting compartment of a hull, between interior walls that are already glued. The manufacturer is the Japanese firm Mineshima, which specializes in modeling hand tools.

Use

• A longer arm means less feel at the tip, so meter the pressure more carefully than with short tweezers.
• Grip the part right at the very end of the jaws, otherwise it will slip out deep inside.
• Rest your wrist on the desk while you work, as long tweezers amplify any tremor in the hand.
• Wipe the jaws immediately after contact with glue, as a dried drop will bond them together.
• Do not use them for prying, as the long arm creates great leverage at the tip and will bend it.
• Put the tweezers down so that the tip does not strike the desktop, since a bent end no longer meets.

Who it is for

They suit anywhere the work goes deep: the interiors of aircraft and vehicles, ship superstructures and dioramas where details are seated between elements that are already finished. They also come into their own when retrieving a part that has fallen into a fuselage that is already closed, a situation every modeler knows. They are a complement to short tweezers, not a replacement for them.

The tip is sharp. Put the tweezers down with the tip pointing away from you and keep them out of the reach of children.