Tools

[Jay]

Nice set to get a good start. Micro Mark has this “thing” that is part hemostat and part tweezer jaw that comes I think in two or three lengths. The tip has little “jaws” that grip while the handle end is what you grip. This is the best for rigging.

• Ear Polypus, 3-1/2 Inch
  Online Price $22.95
• Ear Polypus, 5-1/2 Inch
  Online Price $25.95
• Tight Spot Scissor, 8 Inch
  Online Price $23.95

Micro Mark has these on sale for $10.

 

[Short John Bronze]

My "SS Hartmann crocodile alligator forceps" have just been delivered.
A pleasing little device - though I have not found a use for it yet.
Birthing the hamster perhaps?

 

[jbradford]

What is the item above your homemade dowel sander?

 

[Short John Bronze]

A "pen grip pin pusher"
It works OK but is very fine: some badly cast pins won't fit up the tube.
The Amati one has a fractionally larger bore but, on the one I bought, the two halves of the mouded plastic handle fell apart.
If you buy a pin pusher choose a version that has the bore specified. |Some are more suitable for 6" nails.

 

[PT-2]

A "pen grip pin pusher"
It works OK but is very fine: some badly cast pins won't fit up the tube.
The Amati one has a fractionally larger bore but, on the one I bought, the two halves of the mouded plastic handle fell apart.
If you buy a pin pusher choose a version that has the bore specified. |Some are more suitable for 6" nails.
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It seems to be a question of scale and the size of the pins/nails to be pushed. A pin pusher that I bought in the local hobby shop had a tube larger than the small head of the pins that I had and they would slip between the tube and pusher rod. I have ended up getting a pin pusher plier that grasps them firmly and allows me good viewing angle to where I am placing the pin as well as controlling the depth of set. PT-2

 

[MM2CVS9]

Like this one?

The pin is .020" diameter X 3/8" long. Can grip the pin anywhere along the shank so even long pins can be pushed without bending, then pushed flush with the closed, blunt of the pliers.

EJ

 

[PT-2]

Like this one?

The pin is .020" diameter X 3/8" long. Can grip the pin anywhere along the shank so even long pins can be pushed without bending, then pushed flush with the closed, blunt of the pliers.

EJ

Yes, That is a good tool. From prior photos of a tube type of pin pusher I thought that it was the direction of the conversation. The plyers type is excellent. PT-2