I pry the eye up a wee bit slip a bodkin under the center and lift it off then steady my left hand on the vice bring the eye over to the head and as I place the eye where I want it push down with my right thumb and slip the bodkin out probably lost a dozen or so till I got the hang of it but seldom drop one anymore. Joel Ziskowski Perth Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wes Wada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 12:25 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Handling plastic eyes
> As one would hope, there have been a nice variety of replies and > innovative techniques to deal with the problem of easily handling > plastic eyes. > > I am hoping there are some more responses out there, particularly from > those of you who have had to wrestle with this problem before. > > I find myself agreeing and objecting to bits and pieces of each of the > suggestions. The first concern is not to get glue all over the place. > Not on the tools, not too much on the back of the plastic eye, and > definitely not on the fingers. The worst thing that can happen to the > eye is to get glue on the visible face, and that most often happens by > first getting glue on your fingers. > > Ideally, I would prefer not to get anything on the visible part of the > plastic eye that I would have to clean off later. > > I did really like the suggestion of using the gel type super glue, but > have to build up my courage to use super glue, as I have had pretty > miserable experiences with the stuff. Never have used the gel type, > however. I still like the glue that comes from a glue gun as it is > easy to control, fastens dependably, and is dirt cheap. You can squirt > out a bead, dip a needle into it and pick up a controlled size blob by > twirling the needle (bodkin). > > The type of eye I am using is the solid plastic half dome shaped type > with an adhesive back that is stuck to some coated paper. I really > like those eyes, but the adhesive back tends to foul up some of your > suggestions. > > Still would like to encourage the lurkers out there to let us know > their solutions. > > > Wes Wada > Bend, Oregon > >
