Large paperclip works.
Take a standard large paperclip. Unfold it and bend it in half so it’s similar in shape to tweezers. Align each of the points so they fit into the slots or holes in the pill. Then grip both sides of the paperclip firmly with long-nosed pliers held perpendicular to the light. Turn the pliers. The pliers should allow you to get a good enough grip to keep the paperclip from bending out of position, while giving you plenty of leverage.
Can you post a pic or two to show how you are holding them? I wasn’t ever able to get paper clips to work.
May work most of the time, but it sounds like Bort’s case is harder than that. With the one I have at hand, the head is in the way of getting right up to the holes with the pliers.
Some came with the pill so loose that it came off if I turned the head counter clockwise.
Do you have any digital calipers… they work well as a lens-spanner… which is the proper tool for the job.
I do have one, though i would be concerned about damaging it with too much force but i will try it later at moderate force
If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed fixing anyway…
its almost new, i don’t want to damage it, and i assume the warranty does not cover breakage due to blunt flashlight force
I’ve had a few lights that were at that level.
“I need to get this open, but I don’t want to break it”
15 minutes of trying later:
“ it. It’s opening or I’m going to sledge it.”
Been lucky so far. Worst I’ve got is a few scratches on a pill/tailcap retaining ring, and a stab wound. 
You’re not trying hard enough…
The calipers I have been using with flashlights are vernier, not digital, but I don’t think that matters for extracting pills. For more precision, I do like my digital ones because they are easier to read now that I am old and have lost the flexibility of the lenses of my eyes.
Thanks, I’ve been looking for something like those, ordered!
Who cares? Get them on sale at Harbor Freight for like $10 I abuse the living crap out of mine doing such things…
There is no no harbour freight here, plus $10 is a lot to me
Well, go to whatever Canada calls their Chinese Political Prisoner Slave Labor Tool Stores… as far as 10 bucks goes, sell some blood (or other bodily fluids)… works for winos and other junkies… J)
you also cannot sell blood here Our CPPSLTSTM goes by several names, including but not limited to Home Despot, Walmart, Dollarama (but no Dollar General) and Canadian Tire
Even if it’s other people’s blood? And there are other fluids you can probably hock… :party:
i think trying to sell other peoples blood will cause much more headache then an overtightened SK68 pill (call it a hunch)
i don’t know about other body fluids, perhaps an expert can chime in
2 nail/ screwdrivers in a vice
idea good, vice acquisition needed is immediately
Psssst, hey Bub, can I interest you in a spleen?