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I hope to be making more videos soon.

I am glad I was able to help. =)

Some of my tweezers are cheaper ones. But I also buy a few French and German ones that are high quality. Even those need to be adjusted occasionally. I do check each set when I open them. because you are absolutely correct about the cheap ones.

@@JewelryDeconstructed Is there any other descent way to fix tweezers that have their tips bending out other then bending? I think i could break mine that way cause they don't seem to be made out of mild steel like lesser quality ones. I do smd soldering, and I think my favorite pair started to bend out(used them for quite a while, straitened socket pins and soldered hundreds of components with them), i could pull out hair and splinters with them when they were brand new, but now they got worse and it's harder to hold components with them now

@@qt1qg I am not sure what smd soldering is but it sounds related to circuit boards and electronics? I think with the soldering you might be getting them hot enough to lose the temper in the metal so it is soft and bendable now. From my experience soldering with much higher temps, I find that at some point the tips will break off and you will need to sand back the tips to fresh metal or replace them. Also, bending the tips back and forth is very minimal for the most part. most of the time only a couple of degrees. Maybe more with soldering tweezers as they get annealed by flames, or in your case, soldering irons. I have always considered my soldering tweezers a consumable item. many of my gem and bench tweezers are over 10 years old. they do not get much abuse when used. My soldering tweezers, most are less than 1 year old and they get shaped and bent to hold particular tasks and get a lot of use and abuse. Unfortunately, it sounds like there is no great answer to your question other than at some point, you will need to replace your tweezers. I would add an amount to your yearly overhead cost to cover the purchase of replacement tweezers. with that cost figured in it will only be a few cents per job that you do to cover that cost yearly. And as an aside, I do have some favorite tweezers as well. I think it comes with the territory of using tools every day. We get our favorites and every other tool loses in comparison! I hope I answered your question. If you need anything else feel free to let me know. =)

Thank you for your comment! I would love to have a better view of what I am seeing through my loupe, but I am limited by cameras and the software I use to make videos. I suggest getting your tweezers and looking at them through a loupe as you watch this again on fullscreen on a larger monitor. That may help. I really think that examining your tweezers under magnification is the best way to see what I am talking about because you will have a frame of reference then.

@@JewelryDeconstructed Thank you so much. I was watching it from my phone, silly me. I’ll look to your channel for jewelry related content as well.

@@KitrynPeppers I have found over the years that as I age I need a bigger screen to watch anything. =)

If you polish too aggressively you can cut through a piece of metal doing this so yeah.

Thank you for replying! I agree with you about not filing down the burrs on rivet holes in clothing tags (hooked tags). That is also what I have seen in the couple I have examined. I have been working mostly with lace tags so I am working with much smaller and finer work. But the same observation for that works as well. Part of the reason for not cleaning up the metal might have several reasons. All conjectured at this point because there is no way to say for sure. * the tools to make the holes would not be exact to the wire used as that would probably be forged and/or drawn. so having a bit of extra metal was not much of an issue. So having a greater amount of play between parts may have been acceptable than we would allow today. maybe? * The jeweler may not have had the files needed to work at that scale. A lot of smoothing may have been done with the tip of a small blade. I have played with this but it is really easy to make a hole oversize. Tools would be something that would be expensive to acquire. Now for the modern opinion. For decorative work, I suspect that not filing the burr down has something to do with the availability of tools at the time. Today I find it hard to believe that a jeweler would not clean up the edges in this era. But we have access to very closely matched tools for exactly sized wire. so what is considered normal processes are a bit different. I am still working on determining the process of riveting lace tags (aiglets) as well. You said in your comment "a decorative central rivet". Do you have links to your work? I would be interested in seeing your insights.

#34 gauge works well. once it is shaped it is fairly secure. I have found since I posted this that you will want to use some adhesive. Cutlers' resin works well. I am using a mix of pine resin mixed with charcoal. Some people add about 10% beeswax as well but I did not add that and it seems to work well. Also, copper works much easier as it has more flexibility when you work with it.

@@JewelryDeconstructed thx u for the reply.

I had a woodworker friend cut some of his scrap hardwood into thin strips. I also use quite a few paint mixing sticks. You can normally ask at the hardware store and they will give you 3 or 4. If you need one that is not so wide, you can use a sharp blade to split them.

@@JewelryDeconstructed That's very helpful, thank you! I had thought these were a retail item, a "sanding stick"! I have some paint mixing sticks in the garage that would do a fantastic job of this, and sandpaper in a whole variety of grits, so I will get some of these made! :)

@@MINERAL-115 This video might help as well. =) ruclips.net/video/oeD1XjUwb10/видео.html

Our pleasure!

Thank you for your comment. Just to let you know, this was filmed on two cell phones so putting the microphone closer was not possible. As I just reviewed the video for any possible issues with the volume, I found none. May I suggest that you check your computer for any audio issues? In the future you should see a much better quality of video from my channel as I now have a much better filming setup. Thanks you again for your candid review of my video.

​@@JewelryDeconstructedI had no problems with the audio. Thank you for sharing this! I've got so many pairs of tweezers that are blunt. After watching this, I'm going to try sharpening them instead of throwing them away.

@@chloewright1 I find it very satisfying to maintain a tool instead of just throwing it out.

Thank you for the wonderful comment!

A good magnifying glass works as well.

I think that is part and parcel with being an artist. =)

I also like the close-up inset.

thank you for the review!

Thank you for liking my video. =)

Thank you for the great review. =)

Hmm. I never thought of those. But yeah, that is an excellent idea!

Wow. I need to get to this one. I promise soon!

Thank you for the comment. I did this because I saw some posts on Facebook about having to replace tweezers and I went "WHAT?".

Thank you for the comment!

Yes, polishing small areas can be challenging. Lets go with that word. "Challenging". Yeah. that sounds good. =)

Well, the idea is not to bleed on a project. Reactions we can't stop but with training and practice, we can control them a bit.

Thanks. I am glad that my video was helpful. =)