Use a toothpick for tiny photoetched-metal parts

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While working with photoetched-metal parts, I found them very difficult to handle with pliers, tweezers, or a hobby knife. , Instead, I put a wood toothpick in a jar with tap water. I touch the wet toothpick to the metal part and, due to capillarity, the part sticks to the ’pick! I can put a tiny drop of super glue at the part’s destination, position the part, and the super glue will pull it off the toothpick the same way — like a magnet.

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Hugo GarzonSan Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexixo

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