Doug MSC  | 24 Jan 2016 6:25 a.m. PST |
I use one myself on miniatures. Works Great! Much better then the old hand tools! |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 24 Jan 2016 10:50 a.m. PST |
I should mention that the drill is not designed to stand upright like that! It's top-heavy and falls easily.  |
| CeruLucifus | 24 Jan 2016 12:08 p.m. PST |
Get a hobby vise to immobilize the miniature. You can pad with foam rubber (like from blister packs). This will give you better control and less risk when drilling. |
| Garryowen | 24 Jan 2016 3:01 p.m. PST |
It is important with a drill to have a good chuck that will go down small enough. After I bought my variable speed electric drill with a good chuck, I cannot understand why anyone would want to use a pin vise. Tom |
| TheStarRanger | 26 Jan 2016 5:07 p.m. PST |
I use something smaller, a pistol grip cordless screwdriver that takes 1/4 hex shank driver bits. It is much smaller and easier to use than a full size drill and combined with a set of hex shanked drill bits, it is very easy to switch out bits. Here are examples link link Add a hex shank chuck and you can use smaller bits too link |
| Martian Banshee | 26 Jan 2016 8:54 p.m. PST |
I use a variable speed Dremel rotary tool equipped with a flex shaft attachment. I set the motor on the slowest speed and the handle of the flex shaft is approximately the size of an X-Acto knife, making precision very easy. |
| dapeters | 01 Feb 2016 1:31 p.m. PST |
Okay Bill I have a ton of OG 25mm Flemish pike men which need booth hands drilled together to hold pike or pole weapon. A hand drill will not work as there are just too many, what do you recommend? |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 01 Feb 2016 9:03 p.m. PST |
Okay Bill I have a ton of OG 25mm Flemish pike men which need booth hands drilled together to hold pike or pole weapon. A hand drill will not work as there are just too many, what do you recommend? I've never drilled out hands on a large scale, but based on tools I've tried, I'd go with the screwdriver. |
| Ditto Tango 2 3 | 09 Feb 2016 6:53 p.m. PST |
It is important with a drill to have a good chuck that will go down small enough. After I bought my variable speed electric drill with a good chuck, I cannot understand why anyone would want to use a pin vise. Hey Tom, I use the three of electric drills for furniture, gyprock, and so on. I can't imagine using it for miniature work. The 1/16" drill bit, the smallest on the B&D set Bill uses, is really enormous for most of my work, which is largely, but not limited to, drilling out 20mm and higher gun barrels on 1/72 models. Do you go lower than 1/16"?
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Tim |
| klingsor | 01 Mar 2016 12:54 p.m. PST |
That is not large, go for a pillar drill, big but truely vertical and capable of great delicacy. |
| 7th Va Cavalry | 03 Nov 2020 5:51 p.m. PST |
I use the same set up but Dewalt. Works great. If Armypainter put a logo on it and called it something sweet it would cost a couple hundred bucks, and everyone would need one. |
| von Schwartz ver 2 | 26 Dec 2020 8:38 a.m. PST |
Well, to confess I have used a full size, power drill in the past but found the smaller Dremel Tool to be much handier (also less damage to the operator when I slip-up, which is pretty much inevitable). Just in passing, I received the same drill from the spousal unit this Christmas. Only used it once to hang the new TV in the spare bedroom. Nice having drill that actually works again. |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 14 Feb 2022 10:13 p.m. PST |
"I cannot understand why anyone would want to use a Pin vise." How about being wary of using any type of power tools. I don't want the mini to slip out of my hands and hit me in the face or something similar. I use a pin vise to drill holes in the hands of 28mm figures. I don't want to drill holes in my own hands. |
