EYE PIN

[yellowhammer]

If you are still looking for eye pins, 2mm pins are available in the jewelry making section of our local Walmart. A pack of 100 are about $3. I've found many items in this section of the store that can been used for model building. The scrapbooking section is also useful. I found stick on plastic gems which were perfect for the warp engine nacelles on a small scale Romulan War Bird.
Happy Modeling!

 

[Y.T.]

These pins are so easy to make by yourself. Why should one buy them? I make as many and of any size I need in minutes. Here is an example and even with iron rings installed. I use round nose pliers. I recall @Jimsky had wonderful tutorial on this topic.

 

[bill36]

I am hopeful someone can help me find an eye pin that is made of 0.5mm diameter wire with a 2.0mm OUTSIDE diameter eye? I've looked and I am unable locate any. Plus there doesn't seem to be a uniformed way of describing the sizes on various websites and that makes it more difficult. HELP please.

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1. Pound a nail into a block of wood and bend the wire around the nail with pliers.
2. Buy the needed size wire/nail or reduce the size of a larger diameter wire/nail.
3. It is easy to make hundreds of eyes in an hour.

 

[bill36]

These pins are so easy to make by yourself. Why should one buy them? I make as many and of any size I need in minutes. Here is an example and even with iron rings installed. I use round nose pliers. I recall @Jimsky had wonderful tutorial on this topic.

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1. Great looking.

 

[Fish&Chip]

1. Pound a nail into a block of wood and bend the wire around the nail with pliers.
2. Buy the needed size wire/nail or reduce the size of a larger diameter wire/nail.
3. It is easy to make hundreds of eyes in an hour.

Can we reduce the wire size with regular drawplate Found AT Amazon?

 

[Y.T.]

Can we reduce the wire size with regular drawplate Found AT Amazon?

Sure you can. But it is much easier to buy on Amazon different sizes of copper wire.

 

[Jimsky]

Can we reduce the wire size with regular drawplate Found AT Amazon?

It’s hard to say for certain. The drawplate should be made from high-speed steel (HSS), or at least have tapered holes lined with it. That said, if you're working with copper or brass wire, it should still get the job done.

 

[bill36]

Can we reduce the wire size with regular drawplate Found AT Amazon?

1. No!
2. Actually, you can. If. you want to spend a ton of money for special wire, tools, etc.
3. The only tool you really need with the "setup" I described is a good strong pair of needlenosed pliers.
4. There is one really good rule you should learn and apply.
Namely, virtually "ALL THE TOOLS YOU WILL NEED TO BUILD MODELS ARE BEST MADE BY YOU IN YOUR OWN SHOP"!!! Almost all the tools you really need are special purpose, special size, special application, etc. and dirt cheap if you build them yourself. This also means that if you screw up a tool, scrap it and do it again: the lost cost is minimal to nothing. Also, as you make these tools you will build up an inventory of gadgets that you will find a use for in the future. Buy nothing that you can make yourself other than high quality hand tools that you will use to make other special purpose tools. This is how I approach all the model building problems. Hope this is helpful.
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[Roger Pellett]

Bill, Making tools, jigs and fixtures is very satisfying and sometimes necessary.