Post by robhart on Apr 9, 2019 11:20:40 GMT -8
I occasionally see posts on the internet about homemade modeling tools. Unfortunately, they are often accompanied by smug insinuations that only the inferior craftsman buys instead of makes his/her own tools. However, here are a few tools that I made from common household items/trash that actually do work well:
Scriber; I made this scriber from a sewing needle. I cut the needle in half with a Dremel cutting wheel and stuck the pointy half in a pin vise, business end out.
Super/Cyano glue applicator; I used the other half of the needle to make this glue applicator. I ground off one side of the eye of the needle with the cutoff wheel (some people prefer to grind off the end of the eye creating a fork) and stuck it in a length of aluminum tubing. I crimped the end of the tubing around needle and burn off the excess glue with a BBQ starter
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Airbrush flush can; my wife is very tolerant of my hobby, but she strenuously objects to paint fumes in the house. I like to flush unused paint out of my airbrush by shooting a paint cup of lacquer thinner through it. This paint flush can keeps the fumes down.
I used an empty coffee can (any container with a snap on/off plastic lid will work) and cut four slits in the lid. I stuffed the can with paper towels and after sticking the head of the airbrush through the center of the slits, spray the lacquer thinner/paint mix into the can. When the paper towels become paint saturated just replace with unused towels.
Scriber; I made this scriber from a sewing needle. I cut the needle in half with a Dremel cutting wheel and stuck the pointy half in a pin vise, business end out.
Super/Cyano glue applicator; I used the other half of the needle to make this glue applicator. I ground off one side of the eye of the needle with the cutoff wheel (some people prefer to grind off the end of the eye creating a fork) and stuck it in a length of aluminum tubing. I crimped the end of the tubing around needle and burn off the excess glue with a BBQ starter
imgAirbrush flush can; my wife is very tolerant of my hobby, but she strenuously objects to paint fumes in the house. I like to flush unused paint out of my airbrush by shooting a paint cup of lacquer thinner through it. This paint flush can keeps the fumes down.
I used an empty coffee can (any container with a snap on/off plastic lid will work) and cut four slits in the lid. I stuffed the can with paper towels and after sticking the head of the airbrush through the center of the slits, spray the lacquer thinner/paint mix into the can. When the paper towels become paint saturated just replace with unused towels.
