Or a spare drill chuck, which i used to rescribe panel lines on model planes. Going to have to try this next time i need drill a hole, thanks.
Or you could use the “eye” end of a sewing needle which will wick up a dab of cement and deposit it in a precise manner. Or at least close [:-^]
For some poking and prodding jobs a sewing needle with the very end of the eye ground off using a cut-off disk makes sort of a tuning fork looking tool which can be handy for applying cement or “nudging” parts into place. Several sizes are out there— up to some of the bigger carpet needles which can be handy for bending brass wire and such odd tasks.
I have a few sizes of these pressed into handles similar to yours, Dave, and they can be handy at times (Kadee coupler springs?)
Have Fun, Ed
Yes, absolutely. If you have a spare chuck or a pin vise it would work great.
I do find that the cedar handle fits in my hand very comfortably.
All the best!
Dave
OK Ed!
Great suggestions! I’ll have to raid my wife’s sewing box again![swg]
Thanks,
Dave
That’s only fair!
I lost a good pair of Opti-Visors when my little lady was “raiding” MY tool crib!
Come to think of it, I think she may have run off some of my good red sable brushes as well. [I] I’ll put the cat in charge of guarding my “stuff”!
Ed
While drilling out the headlight on the 2-8-2 i am working on i managed to break a 3/32 drill doing it. and of course it is now blocking the hole in the smokestack for that screw to mount to the body. I have all the luck. Any ideas on how to get it out?
Fourt we have all been there, but maybe not with such a small size drill bit.
Mark Twain summed up your experience. “A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that he can learn in no other way”