On 05/10/18 07:00, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:57:24 +1000, "samchunk"
wrote:

Metal spectacle frame screws, the ones that clamp the lens in the
frame by closing the frame at the hinge end of the frame. So small
that they are hard to even get into the hole, partly because the
hole they go in is well down from the bottom of the side arm.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mtpmhz4m58..._1919.JPG?dl=0

What is best for holding the screw itself when putting it into the hole ?
Tweezers are what I was looking at getting, but did find one of those
things with 4 spring steel wires that come out of a cylinder when you
press a plunger
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xv9k6n3m12..._1918.PNG?dl=0

and wondered if there is anything even better that say you can press
the head into a sticky plastic end but which doesn't have any of the
plastic come off into the slot or star hole when you pull it off.

What you need is a watchmaker's or jeweller's set of very fine
screwdrivers, that probably have steel shafts and will pick up and
hold the screw by magnetism, allowing you to place it carefully into
position.

If you are going to have to do this more than once, Chris's suggestion
is definitely the way to go and it's worth shelling out for the right
kit. If it's a one-off quick fix you need, you might get away with
trimming a piece of paper to a convenient size and pushing the screw
through it so you can hold the paper with the screw in place with one
hand while you turn the screw with the other. Once you have a couple of
turns on the thread, tear the paper away.

Nick