Well, after the discussion about titanium tweezers, I went to Ebay and bought a tweezers from this link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-5-Sharp-Point-Titanium-Jewelers-Tweezers-BCZ02-/360404280619?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e9c4e52b $10.90 including shipping (USA). A good price, I think. I got it today, and my components don't stick -- it is definitely anti-magnetic, and the grinder sparks are unlike any steel I've ever seen. . Touching it to a grinder generates sparks that are very fine and bright white hot. It feels much lighter than what I would expect for standard steel tweezers (titanium is 57% the specific density of steel) so it probably is titanium as advertised. The points are sharp and well mated. I look forward to testing it soon in action. If anyone has an easy, definitive test for titanium, I could possibly try it. I also ordered an "ESD" safe anti-magnetic tweezer from a China/Hong Kong source, but it won't be here for a week or two. I'll report on it when it comes in. Anyway, the titanium tweezers above seems to be a good value. Regards, Charles R. Patton
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Components stick to tools
2011-10-28 by Charles Patton
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