Hi Miguel,I'm pretty sure he's using the spoons concave/bowl side up with
the tips/ends of the spoons under each underside of the needle, then pushing
the handles down so the spoon tips lever-up the needle to pop it off. Keep
your eye on the needle because it will likely go flying, at least mine have
a couple times. The bottom side of the spoon bowl acts like the fulcrum
point, thus the need for something covering the gauge face.
That's sort of the way I used those needle nose pliers, but also why I found
the two kitchen knives an easier way to control the equal pressure from
underneath to avoid breaking either the needle or steel spindle it sits on.

bob

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:42 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>wrote:

> So the spoons are held by the handles, but how are the spoon ends
> oriented to the underside of the needle? Convex up/down?
> I've broken one already and am feeling a little paranoid.....
> Miguel