Fine photo-etch bending tweezers with a maker-stated contact area below 1 mm and fold lines up to 10 mm.
Maker contact area
Less than 1 mm
Maker fold-line length
Up to 10 mm
Named etched materials
Brass and nickel silver
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The 74117 is intended for fine brass and nickel-silver photo-etched details. Tamiya specifies a contact area of less than 1 mm for picking up and bending very small parts, with fold lines up to 10 mm long. Those are useful checks when a small fold needs a hand-held tool rather than a larger plate fixture.
Compare the supported fold length and the approach to your actual detail. The 10 mm figure describes a fold line, not the overall tool length or maximum sheet thickness. JOYABEST’s plate bender offers a different way to hold and support the work when a clamping surface or its elongated section is more useful.
MODEL DETAILS
Specifications & included parts
Details for Tamiya 74117 Photo-Etch Bending Tweezers
Detail
Product details
Maker contact area
Less than 1 mm
Maker fold-line length
Up to 10 mm
Named etched materials
Brass and nickel silver
Tool role
Photo-etched-part bending tweezers
Material
Stainless steel, selected description and material fields
Contents
One bending tweezer
Model
74117 /300074117
Check the selected size, working profile and supplied parts on Amazon before ordering.
Where this model is useful
The maker defines a sub-1-mm contact area for small etched-part handling.
A stated fold-line length gives a more concrete choice check than a general precision claim.
Trade-offs to check
No maximum etched-sheet thickness is established.
The 10 mm fold-line limit is not a sheet-thickness or tool-length measurement.
What to check before choosing
Fold geometry
Check the required fold-line length and part access against the maker’s10 mm fold-line figure.
Your questions about this product
When are these useful compared with a plate fixture?
Consider the fine contact area for very small etched details and folds up to the maker-stated10 mm length. A plate fixture provides a different supported clamping arrangement.
Does the 1 mm figure describe the metal thickness?
No. Tamiya states a contact area below 1 mm. It does not give a 1 mm sheet-thickness capacity.
Which photo-etched materials does the maker name?
The exact74117 page names brass and nickel silver. A maximum thickness is not supplied.
Original choice guidance from the exact selected model response, with component and package scope retained. No hands-on test or universal material/fit outcome claimed.
A dedicated metal photo-etch plier is a hand-held alternative to a plate fixture or grooved forming ruler.
Tool role
Photo-etched-part bending pliers
Material
Metal, as listed
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A spring-lift plate with 360° adjustment, four usable sides and an elongated section supports model photo-etch forming.
Forming arrangement
Reversible adjustable plate fixture
Plate adjustment
360°; four usable sides, seller-described
$37.99Nov 6, 26, 05:52 PM · New YorkPrice info
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One edge tool, one tab tool and five cylinder/cone forms cover several operations in static metal-model assembly.
Edge tool
One edge-bending tool
Tab tool
One tab bending/twisting tool
$9.99Nov 6, 26, 05:52 PM · New YorkPrice info
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