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Yesterday I broke the blade in my knife and upon opening the spares box I found it to be empty…
This was a sad moment.
I went out and bought a new knife from Hobbycraft as they did not have spare blades, back home using the new knife I noticed as one does, how much nicer (not just easier, but nicer) it is using a new blade.Today the iron broke and we bought a new iron.
Again upon using it I noticed how much nicer new things are and how the right tool makes the job more fun.So I wondered, do I have all the tools I need, or do I find I am making do with things instead.
I use nail clippers instead of sprue cutters, are sprue cutters that much better?
What tools do you use?
I am not sure now…..
It was labelled that, but it does not look like this:
It is a wooden handled straight saw.
The metal blade is rigid and does not flex like a regular saw, it also has a reinforced spine, for want of a better word.However, the worrying thing is that I can’t find it….
I think you may be describing a dovetail saw.
Just done a Google of dovetail, it is quite similar to this:
Shame, still…
I am gonna get myself a genuine bone saw now.So I wondered, do I have all the tools I need, or do I find I am making do with things instead
Dunno, what tools do you have now?
Looking around my desk I see:
…. Hemostats – straight and curved
A hideous Americanism! Call them Spencer Wells Artery forceps please. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/objects/display.aspx?id=5515
Good list nonetheless.
Being a professional model builder (sounds so over-blown) for so long, I have a huge collection of tools, most of which almost never get used (well, maybe a couple time per year, but just don’t find them that useful). Despite the pro model bla-bla, my home work table is the same chaotic mess as most hobby other gamers, though not as nice as many of those pictured online. Anyway, the tools that are on my table (or next to it) that I actually use are:
Hobby Knife
100ct box of blades
10 inch steel scale in 10ths of an inch – in addition to measuring and acting as a cutting edge, it is my primary tool for applying putty
6 inch steel scale in 1/100ths of an inch – my other putty application tool
4 different sized and shaped diagonal flush-cut pliers (the old dark green handled Mascot model is the best)
adjustable protractor – mostly for layout of pieces on plastic sheet
scribing tool
Tough-Grit files/sanding sticks – for thinning figure bases, shaping plastic and foam
Squadron style sanding sticks
hobby saw and miter box
one flat, one half round file about 1/2 inch wide, not the little jewelers files
one 1/4 diameter round file
one pair locking tweezers
hacksaw blade – for shaping foam
surform tool – shaping foam
old Black and Decker mini hobby sander.
Dremel
proportional dividers – mostly for cutting circles in plastic
band saw
3 dental tools for shaping putty
1/8 inch low density polyolefin bench cover/cutting surface
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