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.