Drills?

[Traveller1865]

What drills do you use for 1/72? Especially for drilling hands?

[FredG]

A set like this comes in handy.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-Tools-944740-Micro-Drill/dp/B01N3C6STL/ref=sr_1_5?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1524062974&sr=1-5&keywords=micro+drills

[Paul]

Hand drill with drill bits ranging from Ø 0,3 - 1,2 mm

[Graeme]

My pin vice drill looks like this:



And my set of mini drills looks like this:



And I wouldn't be without them. This kind of stuff should be available at your local hobby store, or plenty online.

[FredG]

Hand drill?

With my propensity for impaling I use a power screwdriver



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[Peter]

I use a Dremel for metal figures and a hot needle for plastic figures!

[Beano Boy]

I have metal figures coming,well some arrived today.
I have a dremel Mrs B, bought for me yonk`s ago.
She will be pleased as punch to see it in hum drum practice.
So I need some drills now.
" You could do cheap tooth fillings on the side BB."___ " EKK!" __ "o`, no."

No, I`d sooner write about it
because then the screams of share horror
would be quite silent indeed.

Thank you guys for such a combined thought provoking topic. BB

[Traveller1865]

I use a Dremel for metal figures and a hot needle for plastic figures!

Cheap and clever!

[Paul]

other makes of power drill are available

[FredG]

other makes of power drill are available

But I don't use them

[Wiking]

I use both.
Electric power by my old Proxxon. A survivor of my radio controlled car time.
As an hand drill.
Both is each for his duty very usefull.
The Proxxon for connecting (resin, plaster, plastic, wood) houses , walls, streets, the base plate by drilling a hole for a connecting pin.
If you have to drill in thin material additional with an angle like connecting a hand to a soft or hardplastic figure the hand drill is a great tool. Also for drilling the hole to fit the figure wtih pin into the Dio.



The back side of the drillbox is used to mix color.

[FredG]

These turned up in the mail today.





0.3 - 1.2mm

[Wiking]

The Impaler get new tools!
To break new ground?



I wish you all the very best a steady hand for the 0.3 , 0.4mm drills.

[stenfalk]

These turned up in the mail today.





0.3 - 1.2mm

I also use these packs, I always buy at least three at a time. Especially the very thin drills break off easily. But this is not a quality deficiency, but simply the nature of the thing.

[Beano Boy]

Call me silly but to avoid buying drill bits that break easily I used to use pins with the heads removed.BB

[stenfalk]

Call me silly but to avoid buying drill bits that break easily I used to use pins with the heads removed.BB

But that works only in soft material, right? I'm afraid there is no real alternative to drilling for my requirements; the drills break only if i'm not careful and deviate the drill from the "entry angle" while drilling. Unfortunately, it happens to me more often than i wish ... Fortunately, the drills are quite cheap, if they come from China!

[Beano Boy]

Mrs B,kindly bought me a Dremel power tool years ago. I only used it a few times before it went missing. However I`ll try anything once.....



...... so I used a small masonry pin in it which had been taken from a coaxial cable clip with its tail cut off to drill soft metal out ,plastic and even pilot holes in wood. ` Is this a wind up?'
Well it certainly went around and around while pushing it in. BB