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Tools and Techniques: Custom Sanding Sticks	4	05 Sep 2025 10:03 p.m. PST
Best White Paint?	13	03 Sep 2025 11:40 a.m. PST
E6000 Permium Contact Adhesive: experiences with it?	4	23 Aug 2025 10:27 p.m. PST
Goop contact adhesive, WAIT 2 minutes before joining???	6	18 Jul 2025 2:30 p.m. PST
New Big Cutting Mat	6	11 Jul 2025 7:08 p.m. PST
You use LEGO blocks for...	9	07 Jul 2025 6:40 a.m. PST
A TVAG SOS for Help With Balky Mars 2 Pro Printers!	16	04 Jul 2025 11:10 a.m. PST
No Vaccum for You!	6	21 May 2025 6:24 a.m. PST
Wargames Foundry paints are insane...	14	12 May 2025 6:31 p.m. PST
AKA Int. spray varnish, frosting on paper flags...	4	11 May 2025 11:40 a.m. PST
Jungle playmats, cake stands and superglue	3	02 May 2025 11:56 a.m. PST
A Couple of Grillet Boxes WIP	2	25 Apr 2025 5:43 a.m. PST
Best Glue for Metal Onto Wood	16	20 Apr 2025 5:31 a.m. PST
17th April and nothing	10	18 Apr 2025 2:03 p.m. PST
Issues with Proxxon Foam Cutter	9	10 Apr 2025 5:06 a.m. PST
Foldable Mats?	8	18 Mar 2025 4:19 p.m. PST
Figures alive	1	17 Mar 2025 9:39 a.m. PST
A great "discovery"	18	11 Mar 2025 1:49 p.m. PST
Best Line Laser?	15	15 Jan 2025 9:19 a.m. PST
Help newb with Foam cutters	11	01 Jan 2025 10:52 a.m. PST
Steel Paper in the US	9	23 Dec 2024 11:30 a.m. PST
Top of the christmas list....sandpaper	2	18 Dec 2024 8:17 a.m. PST
What tool for replacing heads.	7	26 Nov 2024 7:20 p.m. PST
xacto knife	15	25 Nov 2024 5:56 p.m. PST
Testors red tube plastic glue, "shelf life"?	7	07 Oct 2024 7:31 a.m. PST
Favorite? Metal tape, retracting!	3	04 Oct 2024 12:36 p.m. PST
sander filer tool	3	29 Sep 2024 1:52 p.m. PST
What do you call your table?	42	29 Sep 2024 5:38 a.m. PST
Adding Spikes to Sun Helmets in 28mm	14	12 Sep 2024 6:20 a.m. PST
District 4.0: Post Apoc Colony	3	10 Sep 2024 3:51 p.m. PST
AI and the hobby: talking points	2	31 Aug 2024 9:20 p.m. PST
Miniature Wargaming Tools You Need (and You Don’t)	7	08 Aug 2024 4:00 p.m. PST
Using Magnets to Overcome Beveled Stands	6	23 Jul 2024 4:48 a.m. PST
Magnetic Hit Markers	1	20 Jul 2024 5:14 p.m. PST
Card Makers	10	17 Jul 2024 11:13 a.m. PST
First Aid Nearby?	21	10 Jul 2024 1:10 p.m. PST
Magnifier lamp recommendations, requested	6	09 Jul 2024 7:12 a.m. PST
What do you use Legos for?	21	01 Jul 2024 10:34 p.m. PST
Vacuum Cleaner	20	18 Jun 2024 8:11 a.m. PST
4 inch fine needle files	6	10 Jun 2024 5:08 p.m. PST
Improving A Warbases Paint Rack	1	28 May 2024 4:18 a.m. PST
Painted 300 British, Army Painter Speedpaint WARNING!	21	03 May 2024 11:42 a.m. PST
Interesting Article on Art and AI	5	20 Apr 2024 12:52 p.m. PST
My New Tool: Medical Alcohol Wipes	10	17 Apr 2024 11:42 a.m. PST
Monster Gaming - Deluxe D&D RPG Stat Tracker Case	1	16 Apr 2024 5:16 p.m. PST
How I make magnetic counters for Optio	5	16 Apr 2024 1:47 a.m. PST
Polishing Wheel	4	15 Apr 2024 12:39 p.m. PST
The Art of Coarse Airbrushing	7	15 Apr 2024 10:04 a.m. PST
Cheap 1,2,3,5 minute sand timers at Target	1	18 Mar 2024 1:16 p.m. PST
Magnifier in UK	6	10 Jan 2024 3:54 p.m. PST
Who is Excited about Warpaints Fanatic?	16	05 Jan 2024 2:18 p.m. PST
Measuring Sticks? Sometimes!	2	05 Jan 2024 4:54 a.m. PST
Preferred Type of Measuring Tape?	24	23 Dec 2023 11:01 p.m. PST
Nice Rotary Toolkit on Amazon	3	12 Dec 2023 3:01 a.m. PST
cutting matchsticks?	11	29 Nov 2023 3:58 a.m. PST
measuring sticks etc	15	29 Nov 2023 3:41 a.m. PST
The Perils of Sharp Blades	11	04 Nov 2023 11:12 a.m. PST
Greenstuff World's Leaf Punches	4	30 Oct 2023 10:28 p.m. PST
Glue for Styrene to Polyurethane Foam?	6	25 Sep 2023 3:56 p.m. PST
HELP! I'm looking for the following, please:	4	12 Sep 2023 7:53 a.m. PST
Wilko anti-tank traps and Lidl ultrasonic bath	2	04 Sep 2023 7:52 a.m. PST
Can a heated foam cutter cut hard plastic?	8	21 Aug 2023 3:13 p.m. PST
How to make 3Dprinted labels for bases?	2	17 Aug 2023 3:54 p.m. PST
Do you have a painting booth?	24	06 Aug 2023 1:28 a.m. PST
Dollar Tree Rotary Tool	5	18 Jul 2023 3:37 p.m. PST
Sharp Practice: Das Schweinebucht... der Gengengriff	9	17 Jun 2023 3:41 p.m. PST
Suitable multi tool drill for miniatures.	11	07 May 2023 1:07 p.m. PST
You Love Your Paintbrush	5	31 Mar 2023 8:35 a.m. PST
Laser Cutter for MDF and Basswood Cutting	4	27 Mar 2023 8:46 a.m. PST
Makers Space???	3	25 Mar 2023 4:58 p.m. PST
The Rotating Paint Handle for Magnetized Wargaming	1	20 Mar 2023 8:35 p.m. PST
How Often Do You Use a Measuring Stick?	26	24 Feb 2023 1:33 p.m. PST
Thud & Blunder on my new Wyrmwood Table	11	22 Feb 2023 8:32 a.m. PST
Miniatures display cases for figures	11	18 Feb 2023 1:17 p.m. PST
Warspite the wargamer goes shopping again	9	30 Jan 2023 4:00 p.m. PST
Wood Carving Chisels on Resin?	7	29 Jan 2023 10:41 p.m. PST
You rarely use your razor saw	7	27 Jan 2023 1:38 p.m. PST
No more Dr Mike's super glue	10	26 Dec 2022 4:27 p.m. PST
You scope out the school supplies!	1	01 Nov 2022 9:41 p.m. PST
Sprue nipper gets dull?	6	23 Sep 2022 8:04 p.m. PST
Useful tools for painting your miniatures	6	01 Sep 2022 8:03 p.m. PST
glue	13	30 Aug 2022 9:27 p.m. PST
Do you have a Laser Cutter/Engraver for gaming hobby use?	20	02 Aug 2022 5:40 a.m. PST
Fun with Cardboard	3	09 Jul 2022 3:02 a.m. PST
You don't have a laser cutter	4	08 Jul 2022 9:28 p.m. PST
Elmer’s Glue: The Surprising Story	6	04 Jul 2022 8:07 p.m. PST
Insulation Foam hills? Tips, cutting - hot knife?	21	30 May 2022 7:07 a.m. PST
Dealing with small parts - YouTube video	4	14 May 2022 10:40 a.m. PST
Thacko - HEX: The Versatile Magnetic Gaming Organizer	1	06 May 2022 8:59 p.m. PST
Painting Yellows How To	8	12 Apr 2022 7:49 a.m. PST
Top Hobby Injuries	16	02 Apr 2022 8:59 a.m. PST
Taking Tech to the Table Top	27	22 Mar 2022 2:51 p.m. PST
If you need tiny round files...	7	05 Feb 2022 8:00 a.m. PST
Need Zoomgame advice	3	01 Feb 2022 6:59 p.m. PST
tablet model for pdf?	17	11 Jan 2022 12:23 a.m. PST
Do you use a Makers Space?	17	10 Jan 2022 4:53 p.m. PST
Who makes sytrene/plascticard strips?	7	13 Dec 2021 10:08 p.m. PST
Must Haves for a Game Room	46	02 Dec 2021 11:30 a.m. PST
Dating your glue? No!	13	13 Nov 2021 10:27 p.m. PST
Quiet compressor	8	19 Oct 2021 11:07 p.m. PST