In message , Chris Hogg
writes
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.

Watching a Specsavers assistant fit a new screw to my old specs, I
discovered that their new screws have a long tail for handling purposes.
This is broken off once fitted. No help to the OP:-(

Not found in on line offerings. I use tweezers over a borrowed white tea
towel for the ping f--kit issues.

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Tim Lamb