Mine are :
Dremel tools
Panavise wide head & vise head
Yaogong Tweezers green nonmagnetic stainless steel (Luke Towan was kind enough to share)
6" bonsai scissors or Tamiya plastic modeling scissors
Styrene strip cutter Master Airscrew
Porter Cable bench top sander
Xuron cutters all
Midwest easy cutter ultimate
Midwest chopper
General tools
Tamiya pin vise
I could go on but you get the idea.
What are your favorites and please list maker for others.
Patrick
The three most-used, for me, are my X-Acto knives, a set of dividers, and a small pair of blunt-end, smooth-jawed pliers.
Naturally, lots of other tools come into play, too.
Wayne
This pair of Snap-On needle nose pliers is by far the best and most useful modeling tool I have ever purchased.
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As far as my list of tools… well… I have EVERYTHING!
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-Kevin
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I am the type of guy that does not hesitate to go buy a speciality tool if I want it thus I have a bit of everything. However, the most indespensible tool I have is my head visor magnifier. I work in N scale and many details are too small for my old eyes to deal with effectivally when building stuff. For everything else, I find that there is more than one way to cut/slice/trim/etc thus no one tool stops me if it turns up missing.
I have most things that a well equipped hobbyist has mostly because I use to scratch build R/C airplanes so when I got back into MRR I was ready to go. The one thing that I got that I wish I had been smart enough to buy right from the get-go was a soldering station. A soldering station would be at the top of my list for a Model Railroader.
While I have the normal every day basic modeling tools there is one I can not live without- a four prong holder that does several jobs including starting truck and coupler box screws.
A perfect tool for those of us that suffers from the fat finger syndrome.
Everything above is in my arsenal plus my CAD. Without my computer and CAD there would be no scratch building at all, no automation and a lousy control panel.
Although not really classified as a tool a well lit workbench with several sizes of vices is a must for me.
I like the Gripster Larry, gota get one of those for old clumsy Mel.
Mel
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
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The ones I use the most:
Sprue Cutter
X-Acto Knife
Needle Nose Pliers (Bending Wire for Airlines, Brake lines, etc.)
Pin Vise
Nail Files
Dremel Tool, Battery Operated.
Metal Straight Edge
Assorted Screwdrivers
Disecting Needle
Cutting Pliers
Rick Jesionowski
My most used tool is my Optivisor. (Better than other brands), (Better with glass lens instead of plastic)
Next would be my lamps
After that would be
Needle nose tweezers.
Flat toothpicks to apply glue
Plastic lids to hold the glue after sqeezing it out of the tube.
Xacto knives to cut with
Piece of oak wood to cut on
Ball handle pin vise and drill bits
Paint brushes and paints
And then everything else above (except the CAD) plus a whole bunch of more tools - enough to fill a rolling tool cart with 5 drawers and a double pedestal desk and some left over.
Paul
I guess my favorite would be the ones I use the most: (In no particular order)
Tom
I could Not resist:
Every tool I own is My favorite…when they get the job done!
Been known to make My own tools…building diesel/nitro/gas engines, since 13yrs. old (1955).
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
My favorite is the one between the ears.
I misplaced that one years ago, and still can’t find it.
Wayne
So that is why my Sister says I am such a Tool.
Eye protection should be on everybody’s list. You do not want to injure an eye if a particle is projected into it with one of your tools.
I had a blade break off of an Xuron rail cutter, and it flew like a bullet to the other end of the room. It could have injured an eye if it went in that direction . Other tools are also potentially hazardous.
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Favorite? You’re talking about my children here. [:D]
No one has mentioned razor saw, helping hands, micro brushes, Chopper II
Me too. They don’t seem to include that sort of stuff in their ads.
Well…
There’s no point in having any tool’s , if you dont have a workbench !!!
Other than that, I couldn’t live without my Pin-vice’s or drill bit’s.
Dremel Man, Dremel Man
Dremels everything that he can.
Dremel Man, Dremel Man
Holds a Dremel in each hand.
Watch out!
He’s the Dremel Man.
(you have to hum this to the Spider Man theme song.)
Exacto, chopper2 and razor saw. I also think my fingers are pretty good tools too, eyes and nearsightedness not so much. Generally I use my optivisor in conjunction with these tools[:-^] … therefor my optivisor maybe my favorite tool.[swg]