discussion Latest Acquisitions (2021)

[Guest]

Nice hand vice john. What make?

Says on the box Tim TOOL ZONE. When I was looking they all seemed to be the same photo, so just another name on a mass produced item.

 

[boatman]

Says on the box Tim TOOL ZONE. When I was looking they all seemed to be the same photo, so just another name on a mass produced item.

HI John whatever do you use that for ?
chris

 

[Tim Marlow]

There you go Chris…

 

[boatman]

CHEERS Tim but vid wont play on my p/c but i gather its for holding things in the holes yea ?
chris

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Well,i`ve wanted one of these for simply YEARS:astonished:!
However,all of them were absolutely way above what i was prepared to pay ..... usually about £90 plus:cold-sweat:.....so i kinda gave up......
....... BUT,recently i decided that i love `em so much,i just HAD to get one :money-face:....
SO,i lowered my sights,(or more importantly,my financial hit!!:tears-of-joy,and went for a smaller scale,non "Airfix" kit......
.... Read varying reviews from "Awful" to "Great kit",ranging between 1 to 4.5 out of 5!!:fearful: .... Being that i just wanted to build one,(and only doing it as an aside to my usual passion,which is WW2,and Vietnam War,Armour),i only went and bought one didn`t i:nerd:.........

It needs a bit of extra work in a few areas apparently,but if i can get a decent looking Bently out of it then i`ll be happy...... AND.... i got it for £21.99 delivered!!:thumb2:
Andy,Very happy,from Devon!!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Just arrived in the post room here at Race Towers.

I remember Jim talking about them some time a go.

Thought it was for grating your collection of russian moscow green cheese

 

[Tim Marlow]

CHEERS Tim but vid wont play on my p/c but i gather its for holding things in the holes yea ?
chris

Not quite Chris. The pegs are put in the holes where required, and then the knurled nut tightened to hold the workpiece between them. It is a bit like a hand held Black and Dekker workmate……

 

[boatman]

Not quite Chris. The pegs are put in the holes where required, and then the knurled nut tightened to hold the workpiece between them. It is a bit like a hand held Black and Dekker workmate……

OK TIM THANKS for putting me right on that as for a moment there i was thinking like ow m8 Bob lol
chris

 

[Guest]

Just arrived in the post room here at Race Towers.

I’ve had one of those for years, thought it would be useful for holding models, but I didn’t find it to be Hopefully you’ll have more use for it than I did

 

[Tim Marlow]

As I’m sure you know Jakko, they are used quite often by large scale figure painters to hold workpieces so they are not touched during painting. Both AK and Games Workshop have their own versions as well.

 

[Mini Me]

Hey Jakko, have you tried grating cheese as Bob suggested?....might be useful after all! :smiling: :thumb2: Rick H.

 

[Guest]

As I’m sure you know Jakko, they are used quite often by large scale figure painters to hold workpieces so they are not touched during painting.

That’s exactly why I bought one (from a local art supplies shop, IIRC), but I found it got in my way more than it helped me paint the models. Also, not being able to set it down didn’t help. I thought about sawing off the rounded bottom of the handle and adding something to it that would let the whole thing stand upright, but never did get round to that.

 

[Guest]

Thought it was for grating your collection of russian moscow green cheese

Look there is no need to be rude about Cheese, esp Russian Green .:smiling3::tongue-out3:

 

[Guest]

That’s exactly why I bought one (from a local art supplies shop, IIRC), but I found it got in my way more than it helped me paint the models. Also, not being able to set it down didn’t help. I thought about sawing off the rounded bottom of the handle and adding something to it that would let the whole thing stand upright, but never did get round to that.

There was a version with a bench fixing, I nearly went for that. But as I wanted one to hold figures a fixed one would be in the wrong place on the bench. I'll give it a try when the filler arrives, might be good, or it might:smiling3: be one of those tools you thought was fantastic. :smiling3:

 

[Guest]

Well apart from the abuse from the StuG department I shall look fwd to trying out the holder soon. :smiling3:

 

[wotan]

I find this a very useful tool. Here is mine which has had a certain amount of wear, as you can see.



If I want to use it hands free, then the handle very simply unscrews.



For even more solidity I often screw the top bit into my little desk vice. This makes a very solid base for sculpting or painting models.



John

 

[Tim Marlow]

That’s exactly why I bought one (from a local art supplies shop, IIRC), but I found it got in my way more than it helped me paint the models. Also, not being able to set it down didn’t help. I thought about sawing off the rounded bottom of the handle and adding something to it that would let the whole thing stand upright, but never did get round to that.

You could just make a suitable sized hole in a block of wood and place it in there when you’ve finished Jakko

 

[Tim Marlow]

I find this a very useful tool. Here is mine which has had a certain amount of wear, as you can see.



If I want to use it hands free, then the handle very simply unscrews.



For even more solidity I often screw the top bit into my little desk vice. This makes a very solid base for sculpting or painting models.



John

Funny about tools isn’t it….I’ve got one of those vices (had it for at least ten years) and have probably used it about five times John…..I just find my small record vice clamped to the bench more useful….it probably isn’t, that’s just the one I’m used to using :thinking: The hand vice and pin vices I have do get used a huge amount though…

 

[Mini Me]

....Not to mention all the golf tees and blue tack!! :thumb2: :tongue-out3::tongue-out2::tongue-out:

 

[Guest]

You could just make a suitable sized hole in a block of wood and place it in there when you’ve finished Jakko

Then I would have find a place for a big enough block of wood, and if you’ve seen my pictures of what my work area looks like, that’s going to be unlikely