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Go to the kids toys section of your favorite store and try to find
miniature plastic cloths-pins. These are about 1.25 inches long and
come in many colors. Drill from the clip end lengthwise through the
cloths-pin so the edge of this newly made hole just shows up in the
notch that's a quarter inch from the clip end. Do the same for the
other side. Push a length of reasonably stiff wire into each of these
holes so that a bit of the wire's edge shows up in the notch on each
side. Use a pair of tweezers to put the smt part in the notch that's
edged with these two wires while holding the cloths-pin open. Let the
cloths-pin close and the smt part is tightly held in place while the
wires allow a connection to the measurement set. This system works well
on the 1206 size but not much smaller.
Terry M