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Binder Clips on Cross Locking Tweezers for Soldering

A tip from @marionwild for clipping binder clips to cross locking tweezers so gravity holds parts like earring posts in place while soldering.

Posted almost 7 years ago • 7,009 likes • 217 comments
TIP OF THE YEAR 🏆 Here is a soldering tip from @marionwild - “I use binder clips on the ends of cross locking tweezers for help with soldering things in place. I prefer this over the swivel base because it’s using gravity to keep the tweezers in place, making pressure on the solder point. I find that I have more successful solders this way, vs trying to line up the tweezers using the swivel base. This method works great for those new to soldering earring posts as well.” This tip was used and shared by hundreds of members of our community. It’s fun to see every year how one tip becomes super popular. In 2018 it was the 3-ring binder storage tip and 2019 it was all about the paper clip 💕 I can’t wait to see what 2020 brings ☺️