| Guthroth | 12 Feb 2013 5:43 a.m. PST |
Hi Although I've been gaming and painting for more than 40 years, I've never felt the need to own a modelling drill. Now I need one for a project, but it is unlikely to become a regular feature of my hobby, so which would you recommend ? Note, I'm in the UK and would rather avoid spending lots for something I might only use once or twice a year. TIA Pete |
| Ivan DBA | 12 Feb 2013 5:52 a.m. PST |
Pin vise. The one GW makes is not bad, actually. |
| Hlaven | 12 Feb 2013 5:53 a.m. PST |
Army Painter brand manual drill. Best tool ever for plastics and metal.
Not very expensive either. |
| Angel Barracks | 12 Feb 2013 6:04 a.m. PST |
I got mine from Hobbycraft.
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GildasFacit  | 12 Feb 2013 6:13 a.m. PST |
… or do you mean the powered type ? |
| normsmith | 12 Feb 2013 6:51 a.m. PST |
dremel type, Wilkinsons do a cheaper version around £20.00 GBP to £25.00 GBP |
| x42brown | 12 Feb 2013 6:54 a.m. PST |
My preference is an Archimedes drill link over a pin vice although I do have more than one of each type with my most used bits in them.
* Note the Maplin Link is not necessary the one I would recommend just a quickly found example. x42 |
| floating white bear | 12 Feb 2013 7:08 a.m. PST |
As with Angel Barracks that's the type I use. I glued a kids rubber ball on the handle end to ease the strain on my palm. Held it in place with some rubberized tool handle coating (actually a sample of paint on truck bed liner). Rob |
| Leon Pendraken | 12 Feb 2013 8:50 a.m. PST |
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| Angel Barracks | 12 Feb 2013 9:10 a.m. PST |
Ha, Leon Pendraken AKA Leon Minibits stocks the make I bought! |
| deephorse | 12 Feb 2013 9:21 a.m. PST |
Get a pin vice.
This type is very cheap on market hardware stalls etc. I have the Archimedes type but found I needed to grow a third hand to manipulate everything, so it went back in the box. |
| autos da fe | 12 Feb 2013 9:37 a.m. PST |
Gale force nine distribute a pin vice you can probably find or order from many stores. It's not the one I use, but it has a pommel, which like floating white bear describes, is a necessity to have or improvise, if you're going to drill out a batch of hands, or what have you. After drilling two or three holes in metal, you'll want a pommel. (Although maybe the gf9 one seems a bit big, and you can probably find cheaper.) |
| Woolshed Wargamer | 12 Feb 2013 10:42 a.m. PST |
Hand pin drills are cheap as chips. I have tons of them. Also have a Dremmel – I love it. |
| 6milPhil | 16 Feb 2013 8:31 a.m. PST |
I use both the pin vice and the arch. drill, great tools and makes me wonder how I ever managed without them. |
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