I saw one those Top Ten lists, like "what every man
should carry" (which didn't include Smith & Wesson, to
its great loss of credibility)

Anywho, tweezers is on the list. And named a 'precision'
product... $40.

Do you carry a tweezer, routinely? Is any tweezer worth
that price?

Anything regarding tools is on topic for an engineering group -

--
Rich

RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anything regarding tools is on topic for an engineering group -

The advertisement discussing grooming tweezers or tool tweezers, was?
Discussing grooming tweezers then you are off-topic, if it was.

On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 12:51:06 -0800 (PST), RichD
<r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I saw one those Top Ten lists, like "what every man
>should carry" (which didn't include Smith & Wesson, to
>its great loss of credibility)
>
>Anywho, tweezers is on the list. And named a 'precision'
>product... $40.
>
>Do you carry a tweezer, routinely? Is any tweezer worth
>that price?
>
>Anything regarding tools is on topic for an engineering group -

Good tweezers are the curved-end needle-point types, which you
wouldn't want to carry around.

If you get a splinter, just dig it out with your Swiss Army knife.

On 17/02/2024 20:51, RichD wrote:
> I saw one those Top Ten lists, like "what every man
> should carry" (which didn't include Smith & Wesson, to
> its great loss of credibility)
>
> Anywho, tweezers is on the list. And named a 'precision'
> product... $40.
>
> Do you carry a tweezer, routinely? Is any tweezer worth
> that price?

No. A multitool and a mains testing screwdriver. The latter has saved my
bacon more than once. My first university room had a defective worn out
anglepoise lamp with a live chassis! I found it before it found me.

> Anything regarding tools is on topic for an engineering group -

Can't beat a good lump hammer.

--
Martin Brown

On February 18, Martin Brown wrote:
>> Do you carry a tweezer, routinely? Is any tweezer worth that price?
>
> No. A multitool and a mains testing screwdriver. The latter has saved my
> bacon more than once.

What is?

--
Rich

On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:37:16 +0000, Martin Brown
<'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]
>
>No. A multitool and a mains testing screwdriver. The latter has saved my
>bacon more than once. My first university room had a defective worn out
>anglepoise lamp with a live chassis! I found it before it found me.

I had an old all-metal Vornado desk fan try that on me. Did get
chewed, but just enough to get my attention.

I had not heard of Anglepoise, so I looked it up. It very much
resembled the Luxo lamps that I bought in the early 1970s and still
have and use to this day.

So I wondered what the story was. It turned out that the Norwegian
lighting company Luxor bought a manufacturing licence from Anglepoise,
and slightly improved it, selling in the US and Europe. making a
goodly fortune.

..<https://design-technology.org/jacobjacobsen.htm>

This history also explains why the Luxo lamps (US arm of Luxor) were
metric, even in the 1970s, which mystified me because I didn't realize
that Luxo was from Norway - the sales literature didn't mention that.

Joe Gwinn

Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:37:16 +0000, Martin Brown
> <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>>
>> No. A multitool and a mains testing screwdriver. The latter has saved my
>> bacon more than once. My first university room had a defective worn out
>> anglepoise lamp with a live chassis! I found it before it found me.
>
> I had an old all-metal Vornado desk fan try that on me. Did get
> chewed, but just enough to get my attention.
>
>
> I had not heard of Anglepoise, so I looked it up. It very much
> resembled the Luxo lamps that I bought in the early 1970s and still
> have and use to this day.
>
> So I wondered what the story was. It turned out that the Norwegian
> lighting company Luxor bought a manufacturing licence from Anglepoise,
> and slightly improved it, selling in the US and Europe. making a
> goodly fortune.
>
> .<https://design-technology.org/jacobjacobsen.htm>
>
> This history also explains why the Luxo lamps (US arm of Luxor) were
> metric, even in the 1970s, which mystified me because I didn't realize
> that Luxo was from Norway - the sales literature didn't mention that.
>
> Joe Gwinn
>

+1. I’ve had Luxo incandescent/fluorescent lamps on my desk and lab bench
for 35 years now.

These days I usually have LED bulbs in them, except when using them for
shot noise measurements.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC /
Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics

On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 23:24:54 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

>Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:37:16 +0000, Martin Brown
>> <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>>
>>> No. A multitool and a mains testing screwdriver. The latter has saved my
>>> bacon more than once. My first university room had a defective worn out
>>> anglepoise lamp with a live chassis! I found it before it found me.
>>
>> I had an old all-metal Vornado desk fan try that on me. Did get
>> chewed, but just enough to get my attention.
>>
>>
>> I had not heard of Anglepoise, so I looked it up. It very much
>> resembled the Luxo lamps that I bought in the early 1970s and still
>> have and use to this day.
>>
>> So I wondered what the story was. It turned out that the Norwegian
>> lighting company Luxor bought a manufacturing licence from Anglepoise,
>> and slightly improved it, selling in the US and Europe. making a
>> goodly fortune.
>>
>> .<https://design-technology.org/jacobjacobsen.htm>
>>
>> This history also explains why the Luxo lamps (US arm of Luxor) were
>> metric, even in the 1970s, which mystified me because I didn't realize
>> that Luxo was from Norway - the sales literature didn't mention that.
>>
>> Joe Gwinn
>>
>
>+1. I’ve had Luxo incandescent/fluorescent lamps on my desk and lab bench
>for 35 years now.

Yes. They multiply in dark corners I think.

>These days I usually have LED bulbs in them, except when using them for
>shot noise measurements.

I have two of the full size 8" circle (fluorescent) with incandescent
in the center lamp units. What LED bulbs fit there.

I also have a fleet of about five Lil Luxo desk lamps that take 40S
incandescent bulbs. Any idea here? Hmm. I have some of these on a
thyristor dimmer.

Joe Gwinn

On Saturday 17 February 2024 at 21:51:11 UTC+1, RichD wrote:
> I saw one those Top Ten lists, like "what every man
> should carry" (which didn't include Smith & Wesson, to
> its great loss of credibility)
>
> Anywho, tweezers is on the list. And named a 'precision'
> product... $40.
>
> Do you carry a tweezer, routinely? Is any tweezer worth
> that price?
>
> Anything regarding tools is on topic for an engineering group -
>

This is a good one, around 12 USD:

https://www.hisco.com/Product/00-SAH-49761