Hobby drills

[PinkyIvan]

Which ones are good? I have to pin my Bane Knights but I am not shure which drill to buy.

[Dacian]

PP makes a pin set, which includes rod, hobby drill and 2 drill bits. Easy enough to use. They also have a kit which adds onto that one which has thicker rod and drill bits to suit.

[nlanza]

The PP sets are nice, but I find the drill uncomfortable in my hand. So what I do is buy the PP 'Pinning Expansion' sets, which are just the brass rod and the drill bits, and use them with a Citadel hobby drill.

It's a little more expensive that way, but my hand hurts a lot less.

[Mod_Redphantasm]

Pin vices are pretty basic hand drills. I find you can't really go wrong with any of them (Citadel, GF9, Privateer etc)

Heck I still use the original one I brought back in 2001

[PG_Agamemnon]

I love to pin... love love love love to pin everything.

At first I used my Dewalt drill motor till I put a hole in my leg. Then I picked up a pin vice at my local hobby shop. It is just like a GF9 one with a large ball on the end. I have had two or three others over the years but the one with the ball is still my favorite.

I do have a cordless Dremel as well. It has done more work than the pin vice hands down. It is important to note that it only finds use on larger metal bits. Dont try and use it on anything fiddley like Nyss or Steelhead arms. Last month a friend of mine came over to help me with my stormwall jacks. He brought his varible speed plug in Dremel. Needless to say I will be getting another tool for the toys.

If you do get a Dremel pick up a cheap candle. Before you drill into the metal run the bit into the candle about half an inch. It helps keep the bit from biting and either breaking off or ripping the piece out of your hand. If you happen to have a friend in the medical field who can grab you some of the lube they use to drill in bones do that. Learned that little bit of awesome from Bobby Hostile.

[Chimosh]

I also have used a cordless dremel but found the recharging it was a pain and I also had a lower model which had issues drilling into the metal models for some reason. I just recent upgraded to cordeded Black&Deckers rotory tool and bought the snake extension for it. I absoulty love it. It gental enough for resin models and has enough torque for metal. Not too mention it doubles as a DIY Household tool and its $30 to boot.

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[Patryn]

grab you some of the lube they use to drill in bones do that.

*shudder*

I use a pin vice (which is a pain in the ***, and hurts your hand after a while) for most stuff.

For larger work like large gun barrels I just use a standard cordless drill.

I have a dremel, but don't ever use it for pinning for some reason.

[pavel0]

Metal paperclips work great in lieu of the expensive metal rod available at game shops. They fit perfectly, and if for some reason you need to clip paper together, they work way better than metal rod. I've been satisfied with my citadel pinning drill but it only includes 1 size bit as far as I could tell. It won't work for pinning super tiny/thin things.

[John215]

I love to pin... love love love love to pin everything...

I am in the same boat...love to pin.

When I started, I purchased each a P3, Citadel, and GF9 just to find the one I really liked. That was a few years ago, now I have 2 P3s loaded with my most commonly used bits, the Citadel I sometimes use for larger pins and the GF9 sits in a drawer. The way I use the pin vise, the P3 just sits in my hand better. I use P3 bits, but for even smaller ones I have to go to a Model Airplane Hobby Store, no LGS carries them small enough. I buy 10 at a time...the little ones...they break. One word of advise, use the wax trick and let the bit do the work. The smaller the bit the more important it is to go easy and straight.

What to use for pins. I use mostly P3 brass, some paperclips, some sewing pins (for very stiff small pins), and even tempered iron rods (need heavy duty cutters) when I am suspending models by a pin.

Oh, I have a corded Dremel, but never use it to pin. I just don't feel I have control enough.

[hmk17]

The Army Painter one has a handful of different sized drill bits in it, it is also effectively the same as the old metal GW one. Its pretty solid.

I've still got my old GW pin vise, though I use a Dremel bits in it now. They are much sturdier and have more bite.