Tool #0 is the coffee cup! Can’t use any of the other tools without a few sips from the cup. Just make sure it isn’t the paint water cup. 😂 Thanks for the video! You covered the glue tips before and that was my best one I took from the video. Sure helps when using CA.
My wife sews and is a ER Nurse. So she supplies me with various pins of different sizes. Can't have to many. She also brings me 'locking tweezers'. Seems most hospitals have gone to trashing tools used in the ER. After COVID it became SOP to toss. I have a bunch! Alligator clips mounted on bamboo sticks are my painting clips.....I have MANY!! Thanks
Good lighting! I'm a hobby wood worker, having converted the garage into a small shop. One thing I did was installing not only traditional fluorescent lighting in the ceiling, but also several (five) LED spotlights in the configuration of a surgeon's operating theater, greatly aiding my ailing vision...
Ikea has inexpensive flexible goose neck style LED lamps which i have scattered all around my shop: lathe, grinders, bandsaw, sharpening station, drill press, mill. Couldn’t see without them!
Forscips can quite often found at train shows, it always seems someone is selling “surplus surgical” supplies. Another use for the #2 pencil is burnishing couplers, the point is easy to control, and it leaves just the right amount of graphite behind and not nearly as messy as the powdered graphite which seems to get into places you definitely don’t want it.
Another great list. I use most of the 20 tools as well. One thing I use all the time that gets overlooked is masking tape. I use it for holding delicate wood pieces down on the mat during assembly, adding texture to a surface, understructure support, join reinforcement, temporary clamps, holding minis for priming, and occasionally even masking, plus a lot more ways I can't think of right now. I think I've used it some way on almost every build.
Hi Dave, I also have a few dental picks, picked up from friendly dentist, handy for moving small things into place and also gouging, scribing and scraping. A crochet hook is also good for folding paper and pushing paper into corners when cladding cardboard models. Another good list. I need to get some of those CA glue bottle tips. Cheers Peter from downunder.
I have a set of jewellers screw drivers that the tips are held in by a strong magnet. Can be handy to hold screws whilst fitting. An old mobile phone case etc can supply a magnet to hold screws whilst on the bench, also seen magnetic trays, saves them going walkabout.
Great list. One other suggestion, especially for folks who assemble / dis assemble engines and rolling stock in any scale /gauge: mini muffin tin, 6 muffins holes or 12, to hold all those damnably small parts that my 77 year old eyues cannot see well any more.
A little more compact, with more partitions, is a Ferrero Rocher chocolate box. Come in various sizes and shapes, are durable clear plastic, and have a tight fitting lid. Fun to empty out for shop use as well.
@@davidbales8053 Goodidea. I like the idea of the clear plastic. Some compartmented box liners I've seen for other brands of candies are a dark colored plastic and really thin, almost like cheapie water bottles. I lik the idea of smaller that a muffin tin.
More and more I’m finding small clamps are useful - whether repurposed clothes pins, small plastic spring clamps - even alligator clamps. Of course I’m an n scale guy so small clamps for me need to be really small.
I have the HO NMRA gauge with the 0N30 surround, so I get the track gauge bits on the metal HO gauge, and then the clearance on the plastic extra 0N30 bit.
How about a Good Work LIGHT !! so you can SEE Properly as well as a Magnifying Glass and/Or Magnifying Headband optivisor . Fine grade Sandpaper different grades , and glue sticks , for applying cement etc. small table or bench vise . small paper wipes and table brush for cleaning up your cutting mat . just a FEW to mention ! : ) I use MANY other modeling tools as well ! Cheers ~
Have you ever seen a Fiskars Fingertip detail knife? My hobby life changed once I found this. I can make straight easy cuts even in foam core without drifting to an angle cut (unless I really want to do so).
Dave, When I purchased the 1-2-3 steel blocks, which are an excellent tool, they came with a greasy film covering them. I'm guessing this was done to prevent them from rusting. I had a difficult time getting this residue off. Have you had this issue with them? I tried many types of degreasers, but it was a challenge to clean them. Any ideas on cleaning them is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Curious about painting tools, seems like most of your work recently is all rattle can, or custom printing with applied weathering. Have been looking at air brushes for small work, is this a bad idea? Oh, and a fave tool is bamboo chopsticks, free, shapable, and seems like i use them for one thing or another on most projects.
It’s great you mentioned “sentimental tools”. When someone’s gone, it’s nice to have something tangible to remember them by.
Agree, so many tools in my shop have been inherited by important people in my life.
"Every tool is a hammer." Perfectly said. LOL
Adam Savage said it first.
Groady. I haven't heard that word used in decades. Thanks for jarring my memory banks. Used it quite a bit when i was a kid.
Great choice of tools.
Sometimes evidence of my SoCal upbringing slips out. "Groady" is right up there with "Bitchen."
“Groady” is one of the most self-explanatory descriptors in the English language tool kit!
Yes, I used to use both words decades ago. Never realized I quit using them until now. Lol. Thanks.
Tool #0 is the coffee cup! Can’t use any of the other tools without a few sips from the cup. Just make sure it isn’t the paint water cup. 😂
Thanks for the video! You covered the glue tips before and that was my best one I took from the video. Sure helps when using CA.
My wife sews and is a ER Nurse. So she supplies me with various pins of different sizes. Can't have to many.
She also brings me 'locking tweezers'. Seems most hospitals have gone to trashing tools used in the ER. After COVID it became SOP to toss. I have a bunch!
Alligator clips mounted on bamboo sticks are my painting clips.....I have MANY!!
Thanks
Good lighting! I'm a hobby wood worker, having converted the garage into a small shop. One thing I did was installing not only traditional fluorescent lighting in the ceiling, but also several (five) LED spotlights in the configuration of a surgeon's operating theater, greatly aiding my ailing vision...
Excellent tip!
Yup. Good lighting is helpful for anyone over 40!
Ikea has inexpensive flexible goose neck style LED lamps which i have scattered all around my shop: lathe, grinders, bandsaw, sharpening station, drill press, mill. Couldn’t see without them!
Forscips can quite often found at train shows, it always seems someone is selling “surplus surgical” supplies. Another use for the #2 pencil is burnishing couplers, the point is easy to control, and it leaves just the right amount of graphite behind and not nearly as messy as the powdered graphite which seems to get into places you definitely don’t want it.
Another great list. I use most of the 20 tools as well. One thing I use all the time that gets overlooked is masking tape. I use it for holding delicate wood pieces down on the mat during assembly, adding texture to a surface, understructure support, join reinforcement, temporary clamps, holding minis for priming, and occasionally even masking, plus a lot more ways I can't think of right now. I think I've used it some way on almost every build.
Agree! Masking or painters tape makes an invaluable clamping solution for so many odd shaped or delicate part assemblies.
Hi Dave,
I also have a few dental picks, picked up from friendly dentist, handy for moving small things into place and also gouging, scribing and scraping.
A crochet hook is also good for folding paper and pushing paper into corners when cladding cardboard models.
Another good list. I need to get some of those CA glue bottle tips.
Cheers Peter from downunder.
I need to get some of those.
#3 for wargamers is alligator clips on skewers
I have one more tool that I’ve found indispensable and that is a pair of flat nose pliers. Come in very handy for bending and straightening materials.
Thinking (sorry, I do this sometimes) a List of Worthless Tools would be interesting.
I'm on it
I have a set of jewellers screw drivers that the tips are held in by a strong magnet. Can be handy to hold screws whilst fitting.
An old mobile phone case etc can supply a magnet to hold screws whilst on the bench, also seen magnetic trays, saves them going walkabout.
Good tips!
Great idea on the foam for pins. Thanks
Thanks for this some on the list I don't have.
GOD BLESS 🚂💕🚂💕🚂💕🚂💕
Nice tool list, Most all are "in my toolbox" too!. Got a name missing from the Fireman's list at the end. Cant wait to see the new studio!
Great list. One other suggestion, especially for folks who assemble / dis assemble engines and rolling stock in any scale /gauge: mini muffin tin, 6 muffins holes or 12, to hold all those damnably small parts that my 77 year old eyues cannot see well any more.
Great idea!
A little more compact, with more partitions, is a Ferrero Rocher chocolate box. Come in various sizes and shapes, are durable clear plastic, and have a tight fitting lid.
Fun to empty out for shop use as well.
@@davidbales8053 Goodidea. I like the idea of the clear plastic. Some compartmented box liners I've seen for other brands of candies are a dark colored plastic and really thin, almost like cheapie water bottles. I lik the idea of smaller that a muffin tin.
Great list! The right tools make any project easier and more enjoyable.
I would add a lighted magnifying glass with a stand or clamp……Mainly for those of us with aging eyes!
I've used 1-2-3 blocks to square my machinist squares. Of the 3 I currently have, only one was square when I bought it. ;)
Dave, so that's where my utility knife went to. Dad.
More and more I’m finding small clamps are useful - whether repurposed clothes pins, small plastic spring clamps - even alligator clamps. Of course I’m an n scale guy so small clamps for me need to be really small.
I have the HO NMRA gauge with the 0N30 surround, so I get the track gauge bits on the metal HO gauge, and then the clearance on the plastic extra 0N30 bit.
How about a Good Work LIGHT !! so you can SEE Properly as well as a Magnifying Glass and/Or Magnifying Headband
optivisor . Fine grade Sandpaper different grades , and glue sticks , for applying cement etc. small table or bench vise .
small paper wipes and table brush for cleaning up your cutting mat . just a FEW to mention ! : ) I use MANY other modeling tools as well ! Cheers ~
thanks for this
Have you ever seen a Fiskars Fingertip detail knife? My hobby life changed once I found this. I can make straight easy cuts even in foam core without drifting to an angle cut (unless I really want to do so).
I'll check it out!
@@ThunderMesaStudio, it’s possible that you’re so good with a regular hobby knife, you don’t need this at all.
When you are making a structure, do you always draw a plan and build to the diagram you have drawn?
Dave,
When I purchased the 1-2-3 steel blocks, which are an excellent tool, they came with a greasy film covering them. I'm guessing this was done to prevent them from rusting. I had a difficult time getting this residue off. Have you had this issue with them? I tried many types of degreasers, but it was a challenge to clean them. Any ideas on cleaning them is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Curious about painting tools, seems like most of your work recently is all rattle can, or custom printing with applied weathering.
Have been looking at air brushes for small work, is this a bad idea?
Oh, and a fave tool is bamboo chopsticks, free, shapable, and seems like i use them for one thing or another on most projects.
Those locking clamps are called hemostats.
Well, I'm not a doctor. Obviously.
😅
Check a square for square. I've found most squares aren't square, believe it or not.
The other oddity is that most levels are not level.
I bet you wish they would come out with a gauge for narrow gauge model railroaders. Seems like an oversight to me.
They have one for HOn3