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13/09/2015 at 16:04 #30996
Mike
KeymasterYesterday 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?
13/09/2015 at 16:20 #30997Steve Johnson
ParticipantDepends upon what I’m making Michael. For general stuff I use:
Scalpel with both straight and curved blades. Good quality needle files. Eye surgery scalpels that work a treat as a small chisel. A needle file that has been ground down to make a sturdier small chisel that the eye surgery scalpels. Sprue cutter. Good quality tweezers. A small pair of watchmakers pliers.
That’s about it. For anything else I will make stuff at work, having the advantage of a full workshop at my disposal.
13/09/2015 at 16:31 #30998Not Connard Sage
ParticipantSo 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:
Jewellers files – round, half round, flat etc.
Razor saw
Side cutters
Sprue cutters (they’re cutters for small electronics components actually ;))
Pin vice, and micro drill bits
A selection of knives – from a Stanley to Swan Morton scalpels
Tweezers, including self locking
Surgical scissors
Hemostats – straight and curved
150mm steel rule
300mm steel rule
Cutting mat
Glue gun
Soldering iron
Dremel
Obvious contrarian and passive aggressive old prat, who is taken far too seriously by some and not seriously enough by others.
13/09/2015 at 16:39 #31000Angel Barracks
ModeratorI have two craft knives; I have a normal straight blade in one and a chisel edged blade in the other.
Bonesaw
Pine vice
Desk mounted vice
Hand drill
Normal tweezers
Fine bent arm type tweezers
Normal needle files
Diamond encrusted needle files
Mr Stanley the knife
Selection of modelling tools for clay/greenstuff
Pins and needles
Hole punch
Nail scissors
Eye/ear droppers
Egg cup
Disposable cheapo retractable knives
Big pliers and thin nosed pliers
Hot glue gun
Steel rules
Prolly some other stuff too….13/09/2015 at 16:47 #31001Not Connard Sage
ParticipantA bone saw!!!!
I thought my collection of surgical instruments was a bit OTT…
Obvious contrarian and passive aggressive old prat, who is taken far too seriously by some and not seriously enough by others.
13/09/2015 at 16:56 #31002willz
ParticipantA few of the above, a nylon makeup wide bristle brush.
No not for my eyes and beautification but for dusting.
13/09/2015 at 17:52 #31005Mike
Keymaster13/09/2015 at 18:27 #31010Norm S
ParticipantSide cutters for plastic sprue is one of the best tool investments you can make.
13/09/2015 at 19:46 #31014Angel Barracks
ModeratorI 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….
13/09/2015 at 20:01 #31015Norm S
ParticipantI think you may be describing a dovetail saw.
13/09/2015 at 20:07 #31016Angel Barracks
ModeratorI 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.14/09/2015 at 04:23 #31027Etranger
ParticipantSo 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.
14/09/2015 at 06:53 #31033Lagartija Mike
SpectatorWhile hemostats and bonesaws are part of every determined hobbyists miniature operating theater, a good quality jeweler’s kit will take you far with a minimum of space.
14/09/2015 at 11:31 #31044Etranger
ParticipantDamn
AmericansCanadians!14/09/2015 at 13:21 #31046irishserb
ParticipantBeing 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
16/09/2015 at 13:35 #31178Angel Barracks
Moderator16/09/2015 at 18:37 #31202Rod Robertson
ParticipantCrikey! Is this a Dexter-wannabe thread! You’re all sounding quite mad, except Tim, who is eminently sensible and correct! Quick, call the police!
Cheers? And good gaming?
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