Long jaw cross lock tweezers

[cdavenport]

I'm watching Wilfried on his outstanding build of the Halinski JU-88. He demonstrated the use of these tweezers for locking seams together while they set. New to me.

So, I checked Ebay and found a seller. I just bought a set of 6 for $13 and some change which included shipping.

here's the seller if you're interested: Xuron Micro-Shear Flush Cutters 170 II items in SRA-Solder store on eBay!

[Yale]

Yes, great tools. A vendor at a local gun show had several variations on this pattern -- different lengths and some with bent tips. I'll bet such tools often are available at flea markets, too.

[whulsey]

I have one of those that I picked up somewhere. Works great, probably should look at getting a set of them in different sizes and the bent tips that Yale mentions would probably come in handy for some of those odd spots.

[Paperwarrior]

Thanks, Charles. Much appreciated. I know these'll be a big help.

Jeff

[Zathros]

I have a lot of hemostats, I had a friend who was a nurse, and she gave me a handful. These look like they would not destroy the edges and the price is right! I wonder if someone locally sells these. Going to have to look around. Maybe Amazon? Great tip, thanks CD.

[Tim Crowe]

I use these alot - picked them up a a local market.

Pretty much invaluable for building.

Tim

[NimitzFan]

I also use them alot (whenever I get some time to work on a model). They act as "instant long face clamps," and I can't get enough of them.

[sjsquirrel]

I have a pair of very good quality ones I bought from Lee Valley Tools years ago. They are one of my most used papercrafting tools. More recently I found some lesser quality, but still serviceable ones at the dollar store. I picked up a couple more pairs for those times when two isn't enough.

I can't say enough good things about them. I've also used them for fishing things out of the drain. Once or twice maybe

Steve

[cMags]

I've got two pair of these, a 6" with red wooden trips and a 4" metal like what you show there, but both have too strong a tension for real usefulness for me. The strength required to manipulate them causes a loss of precision application, and they tend to dent the surface of parts held by them. I have to squeeze so hard to get them to release that my hand shakes a bit. Maybe I just got the wrong ones, but the two failures turned me off from this type of tweezer. I prefer instead the slide lock style, that are normal tweezers until you choose to lock them in place, and by adjusting the position of the lock, you adjust the strength of the clamping force. Now I just need to find a non-serrated version.

[SCEtoAUX]

Fill the serrations with some epoxy, wipe off most of it before it sets up, then clamp it on some sand paper to sand down to a level surface.

The ones I use have serrations, but they are so full of dried glue and other gunk ( ) that they do not adversely affect the part being clamped.