MetMo Precision Grip on Kickstarter: Locking Tweezers With 5kg Clamping Force
Every miniature painter knows the moment. A tiny part, a slight shift of the fingers, and then a faint tick somewhere on the floor. Tweezers hold only as long as you squeeze them, and nobody squeezes evenly for an hour. The MetMo Precision Grip takes that job away from your hand: a screw-driven adjuster locks the jaws at the pressure you choose, and they stay there until you release them.
The campaign has raised $788,657 from 2,683 backers on Kickstarter against a $13,258 goal, with 27 days still to go. It is the tenth Kickstarter campaign from MetMo, a small team of engineers in Leeds, UK, where the tool is assembled, checked and finished.
Quick Verdict
Our verdict: 8.4/10
Who Is It For?
It is built for miniature painters, scale modellers and electronics hobbyists who hold small parts for long stretches while painting, soldering or filing them. The MetMo Precision Grip tweezers also suit metalworkers who need a steady hold on solder, small fixings and wire, and owners of MetMo's desk mounts looking for a precision clamp to fit them.
Main Strengths
A fast-drive screw and brass adjuster lock the jaws at the pressure you dial in, and MetMo says a part stays clamped when you reposition your hand or put the tool down.
MetMo measured up to 4.9kg of clamping force at the tips on its own test rig, against about 2.7kg for standard tweezers by its figures.
Swappable jaws, five metal profiles plus a silicone pad at the rear, let one body move from needle-nose work to gripping a part from the inside.
Three bodies cover different work: 7075 aluminium for light plastic jobs, 316 stainless steel for metal and durability, and Grade 5 titanium, at 83.3g, between them on weight.
Laid on its side or fitted to a stand, the grip works as a miniature vise, leaving both hands free for soldering, filing or painting.
Main Limitations
Only the standard jaws come fitted, and a bundle of the four extra stainless steel profiles retails at £105.
Delivery is planned for June 2027, MetMo says fulfilment may take a few months beyond that, and its Pocket Grip is still in production.
The campaign page does not spell out the terms of MetMo's 200-year guarantee, so what it covers and how a claim works are unclear.
Is the MetMo Precision Grip Worth Backing?
Back it if you paint miniatures, build models or solder small components and keep losing parts to tweezers that slip the moment your grip relaxes. Skip it if you need the tool before summer 2027, the earliest MetMo plans to start shipping. Adjustable locking pressure and jaws that swap for the job make the case for the MetMo Precision Grip on Kickstarter.
MetMo Precision Grip Price on Kickstarter
The tier to take is the Black Precision Grip in hard-anodised aluminium at £99, since MetMo steers plastics and miniature work toward aluminium and it ships with stainless standard jaws fitted. Stainless steel costs £130, and titanium, the only version supplied with titanium jaws, costs £199. Each matches MetMo's listed retail price, and limited Early Bird tiers take 10% off while their stock lasts.
The premium over ordinary tweezers buys a lock you set instead of a fixed spring, and jaws you can replace if they are damaged rather than replacing the whole tool. MetMo attributes the MetMo Precision Grip price to slow, low-volume machining from premium metals. For buyers who handle small parts every week, that is a fair ask for a tool MetMo says you only need to buy once. The Black Precision Grip is £99 on Kickstarter.
What Is the MetMo Precision Grip and What Problem Does It Solve?
MetMo Precision Grip: Screw-Locked Tweezers With Swappable Jaws
The Precision Grip is a pair of tweezers with a clamp built into the barrel. A small drive screw closes the jaws and holds them at whatever pressure the brass adjuster sets. Leave the jaws slightly open and a stainless steel spring turns it back into ordinary pinch tweezers for sorting screws. At the other end, a silicone pad gives a softer second grip, and three V-grooves in the middle hold and bend wire. MetMo calls it a 3-in-1 gripping tool.
The body measures 134mm long, 29mm wide and 16mm thick. The mechanism is older than the tool. While running its previous campaign, the MetMo Pocket Grip we reviewed earlier this year, MetMo was working from a wrench patented in 1912 by a Mr Anderson, and decided to combine that mechanism with another project on its bench. MetMo says the result is a new product with its own patent.
Why Tweezers Became the Weak Link in Small-Part Work
The trouble starts when you move. Turn your wrist to reach the other side of a part, relax for half a second, and it is gone. Soldering tweezers fix that with a spring, but a fixed spring decides the pressure for you, and alligator clips leave dents in anything soft.
Once the Precision Grip's jaws are set, the part stays held, by MetMo's account, whether you rotate the tool, put it down for a sip of tea or come back to it later. Because the force is dialled rather than sprung, a plastic miniature and a piece of steel can each get the pressure they need from the same tool.
MetMo Precision Grip Key Features and Specs: Locking Pressure, Swappable Jaws, Materials and Workholding
Fast-Drive Screw and Brass Adjuster: Dial-In Locking Pressure Up to 5kg
The MetMo Precision Grip tweezers run on a drive screw MetMo miniaturised from high-precision machining equipment, with a trapezoidal thread of its own design for speed and clamping power in a small space. The brass adjuster sets the pressure, and the screw holds it with no spring pushing back. MetMo lists maximum clamping force at 5kg and notes that stronger fingers can push it higher.
Its test rig measured 4.9kg of comfortable hand force at the tips, concentrated on 6mm² across the first 3mm of the jaws. MetMo converts that to around 80 bar, or 1,160psi, of contact pressure, and compares it to the bite of a spotted hyena. By its figures, standard tweezers top out around 2.7kg and deflect noticeably at that load.
Five Swappable Jaws and a Silicone Rear: Matching the Tip to the Job
Standard jaws come fitted, and four profiles are optional. Fine point jaws handle delicate or thin parts, needle nose jaws reach tight spaces and double as spring tweezers, and reverse jaws clamp the inside of a hollow part. An angled reverse version suits painting, by MetMo's account. Each profile is sold separately, in stainless steel or titanium.
Titanium tips are lighter than steel and naturally non-magnetic, and MetMo supplies its steel jaws demagnetised. The silicone pad at the rear opens to 14.7mm for soft pinching, and spare pads are sold separately. For shapes no jaw fits, MetMo sells 3D-printed nylon Round Base Jaws for holding a figure by its base, and says it will publish a CAD file of the jaw mount so buyers can print their own.
Micro-Grip Tips and an Anti-Twist Barrel: Holding Parts Without Marking Them
The tips carry a micro texture applied by a process MetMo describes as patent pending, meant to grip small, smooth parts without damaging them. MetMo hardens its stainless steel jaws, and its materials list includes 420 stainless steel at HRC 52-55. The adjuster lets the pressure drop low enough for soft materials.
The barrel keeps the tips in line: MetMo designed it to stop sideways movement while clamping, so the needle nose does not twist the way conventional tweezer clamps can. The pin point jaws open to 21mm, and the tool is ambidextrous.
Aluminium, Stainless or Titanium: Choosing the Precision Grip Body
The black version is hard-anodised 7075-T651 aluminium and the lightest at 70.3g. MetMo recommends it for plastics and for anyone who values light handling over maximum clamping force. Stainless steel weighs 114.5g, and MetMo says every component in it is high-chromium steel built to withstand an autoclave, aimed at metalwork and at anyone who sterilises tools.
Titanium sits between them at 83.3g in Grade 5, and it is the only version shipped with titanium jaws. For miniature and model work, aluminium is the one to pick, while stainless steel earns its extra weight on solder and metal. Titanium suits buyers who want lightness and corrosion resistance together.
Third Hand Stand, Desk Mounts and a Fully Serviceable Build
On its side, the Precision Grip already works as a small vise. The Third Hand Stand, a 3D-printed nylon base with a brass clamping screw, holds it in place so both hands stay free, and owners of MetMo's Fractal Vise gear can fit it to the Desktop Workstation, Ball Mount or Quick Release Mount. A Desk Clamp Set fixes it to a table edge.
Every screw and component comes apart for maintenance, with high-tensile fixings throughout, and a damaged set of jaws gets replaced rather than the whole tool. MetMo says it designs to a 200-year lifespan and can refurbish returned tools.
Should You Back the MetMo Precision Grip on Kickstarter?
MetMo has built a workholding tool scaled down to parts you would otherwise pinch between two fingers.
Painting a miniature from every angle without regripping it, or soldering two wires without a third hand, is the work MetMo designed it for. The Precision Grip combines tweezer action, a silicone soft jaw and a small vise-like hold in one body with one adjustable lock.
MetMo says multiple sample runs have been tested and approved, leaving full-scale production pre-approved, and its Kickstarter profile carries Backer Favorite and Repeat Creator badges, with the Fractal Vise, Multi Drive and Pocket Driver marked as fulfilled. At £99 for the Black version, the same as MetMo's listed retail price, the MetMo Precision Grip on Kickstarter is currently funding with 27 days left.
FAQ about the MetMo Precision Grip on Kickstarter
How is the MetMo Precision Grip different from the MetMo Pocket Grip?How is the MetMo Precision Grip different from the MetMo Pocket Grip?
Both share a mechanism. The Pocket Grip came first, and MetMo developed the Precision Grip during that campaign from the same 1912 wrench patent. The Precision Grip is a pair of locking tweezers for small parts, with swappable fine jaws, a silicone rear pad and V-grooves for wire.
Which jaws come with the Precision Grip?
The aluminium and stainless steel versions ship with stainless steel standard jaws fitted, and the titanium version ships with titanium standard jaws. Fine point, needle nose, reverse and angled reverse jaws are optional add-ons in stainless steel or titanium.
Can the Precision Grip go in an autoclave?
MetMo only makes an autoclave claim for the stainless steel version, which it says is built entirely from high-chromium steel capable of withstanding an autoclave and resisting corrosion. The campaign does not say whether the aluminium or titanium models are suitable for autoclaving.
Is the MetMo Precision Grip magnetic?
MetMo supplies its stainless steel jaws demagnetised. For PCB or watch work where magnetism has to stay minimal, MetMo offers titanium jaws, which are naturally non-magnetic and fit any version of the grip as an upgrade.
What does MetMo's 200-year guarantee cover?
The campaign page does not say. It states that the tool is designed to last 200 years and carries a guarantee of the same length, but does not spell out the guarantee's terms, exclusions or claims process.
When does the MetMo Precision Grip ship, and how much is shipping?
MetMo aims to begin fulfilment in June 2027 and says it may take a few months to complete. Orders ship worldwide from the UK, with single-item rates quoted in pounds: £5 to the UK, £10 to the EU, £15 to the US and Canada, £30 to Australia, and £27 to most other regions.
About the Author
Jonathan
Crowdfunding Strategist & Analyst at GizmoCrowd
Jonathan is Co-Founder of GizmoCrowd and a crowdfunding strategist with over 15 years of hands-on campaign experience on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
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