My favorite tools
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32 11 July 2020, 19:30
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Thank you for a look at your tools. I'm still wondering how you can do all that amazing detail work.. 🤔
11 July 2020, 22:06
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Whow! I've never seen anything as small as those miniature files. And I need me one of those proxxon holding vices.😉
12 July 2020, 09:29
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Thx mates! You can find the micro files here, but at the moment only the round one.
fohrmann.com/en/micr..d-length-100-mm.html
The price is ok with 16,90€, the square one was 42,90€. Nice shop BTW.
Regarding the vice take care, Proxxon has also a cheep green one MS4, this metal one is called PM40.
12 July 2020, 14:47
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Thanks for the link to the micro files! I was looking for something like this for a long time.
12 July 2020, 15:18
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So alt die Bohrerbox aussieht, scheint Dir nie einer abzubrechen. Meine 0,1 - 0,4 brechen mir ständig ab. :/
13 July 2020, 07:56
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The tools are just as good as the craftsman who wields them...😉 That said, it looks like a very pleasant gathering of little helpers! And the ongoing results speak for themselves 👍
My top-tool atm is a DSPIAE cutter - I got it as a gift and a great gift it makes - with all the flamboyant packaging & "unboxing experience" 🙂 But it also is a really great tool - well made & precise - I like the brand a lot... Something for a slow build-up...
13 July 2020, 09:57
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I apparently need a whole lathe machine now, for a project, but bah, I can't justify that kind of expense anytime soon. 🙂
13 July 2020, 10:07
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That's not all, where is the magic wand??? And the electron microscope? And the contract written with blood where you sold your soul to the dark lord?
Liar...
13 July 2020, 15:42
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I'd like to know if one the tools we are not seeing, is a set of magnifying glasses... You must have better than 20/20 vision!
13 July 2020, 18:25
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Thx mates! If you all order the micro-files you should get commission on your next tool order!
@Erik Die sahen schon so aus, da sie wie gesagt aus einer Firmenauflösung stammen. Abgebrochen sind mir aber nur wenige, da die durch den Cobalt Anteil? eine gewisse Flexibilität haben. Außerdem sind die ja recht kurz und mein Handhalter hilft auch.
@Slavo I got that cutter also as gift. Not only the unboxing expirience, there was also a check possible, that this one is the "real" cutter, because that Chinese company has problems with illegal copies.
@Treehugger See pic 10 and 11, something like that? May be a little big for the actual modeling a Watchmaker lathe would be nice.
@Alexander No magic, "Ich koche auch nur mit Wasser".
@JD There are magnifying glasses in my lamps, but I can't use them. If both eyes looking through the same lens, the 3D view is away and no depth information anymore. I am short-sighted and work without glasses.
I need to take pictures of my Proxxon maschines.
13 July 2020, 20:08
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something tells me that a watchmaker lathe is way beyond my tool budget.....
13 July 2020, 20:51
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Cool set up. That skylight is A+ for natural light 👍. I am in a basement so light is an issue.
14 July 2020, 12:11
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may i ask about the lamp you have? I need to get one, and yours looks really interesting
14 July 2020, 12:37
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The lamps are from "MAUL", name is "MAULvitrum" with 2x 9W U form daylight tubes in each, so I have light from four directions. They are available with a stand and brace, the brace version has longer arms. 8 years old now, may be there is now better lamps with LED in meantime?
@Alec yes, I love the daylight! The only issue is sometimes in winter, that it is frozen by snow and ice, so I can't airbrush.
14 July 2020, 14:12
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Seems like there migth be some LED version, just found it on random: kaiserkraft.ie/light..amp-base/p/M4080692/ (I don't know this website though, Ireland I guess)
"With 108 LEDs, 6500 Kelvin, daylight white, 1620 Lux brightness at 35 cm distance, luminous flux 470 lumens."
14 July 2020, 14:30
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www.maul.de if you want to see the brand site... what does not make sense is that the modern LED version maul.de/office/en/sh..aulvitrum/?card=5828 have LEDS that can not be replaced. I quote the website "The lamp contains built-in LEDs. The LEDs cannot be replaced in the lamp". ok, it is 20.000 hours. but when the lights fail, you have to buy a new (200EUR) lamp? anybody comments?
Kaiserkraft has sites all around Europa, it seems to be originally German
14 July 2020, 14:47
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Absolute impressive Frank..
Ok with this sort of equipment your works should be Top notch at least 🙂
Hehehe
14 July 2020, 14:56
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bughunter light is still available maul.de/office/en/sh..aulvitrum/?card=5824 . i will get mine on friday 🙂
14 July 2020, 15:07
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But 200€? it is available here for 109€ bueroshop24.de/maul-..%C3%9F-2x-9-w-447961 The same shop has also a MAULvitrum with LEDs
14 July 2020, 15:45
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You're right behind me in line... man... what I could do with a lathe...
14 July 2020, 16:16
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1200 EU !!!!
wow !!
that is completely out of my budget !! 🙂
looks like a nice bit of kit though, shame it is all in German though ...
I see some gear/torque options on there but does it have any CNC capabilities I wonder ?
14 July 2020, 19:00
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thanks bughunter, really appreciated! i got one in amazon for similar price, looking forward getting it. my hobby room is getting its final touches 🙂
yeah, i would love that lathe too... but i will need to look for something cheaper for the time being....
14 July 2020, 20:20
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No CNC ... not even digital measurement. I got it years ago for a 3 digit sum. On the other hand you need many additional tools around it, so a plain lathe is not very useful. I considered it an investment.
14 July 2020, 20:24
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Choppa, be good and ask Santa for a Proxxon Micromot FD 150/E , it goes for less than 500EUR.....you will need to be really good the rest of the year😉
14 July 2020, 20:38
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Haha Spanjaard 😄
I just don't think I am capable of being that good for that long !!😉
I am bound to do something to get on the naughty list !! 😄
Yeah Bug, a great investment too and I would love something similar !
A friend of mine got a mini desktop lathe for about £40 recently which is good for wood but I don't think it has the robustness or torque for metal ... and it is quite small ...
but for model making and my budget limitations I think that's the kind of thing I will probably go for.
Currently I use my hand drill strapped to a bench for this kind of job 🙂
14 July 2020, 20:52
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This album was started to show some hand tools, but with that great interest I added now also my other machine tools.
18 July 2020, 17:30
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Alas, I could not resist putting a bull in front of the KS230... 😄
So plastic, metal and wood are being taken best-possible care of, what about the cloth-parts..?😉
20 July 2020, 11:52
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Thank you mates! Slavo, for cloth parts, like the HGW seat belts, sharp scissors are enough😉
Added a picture of the photo setup used for final pictures of a model.
25 July 2020, 20:18
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my silhouette cameo is my secret weapon. Once I realized I could use it to score styrene everything changed.
25 July 2020, 20:38
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it depends on the thickness, I have trouble with .040 and usually need to do multiple passes but .030 and .020 I can usually use a thick vinyl setting.
26 July 2020, 03:33
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I received a wonderful handmade Easter gift from my wife! 🙂 No more wasting time looking for the right tubes! 👍
I always hated the searching for the right tube and wire size and mentioned some time ago an idea in that direction, and she realized it now.
22 April 2022, 19:17
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A great idea : elegant, simple and very useful... It seems your wife knows you well 😉
26 April 2022, 08:53
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As mentioned in another thread two years after the first the other heavy lamp head of my MAUL working lamps crashed on my bench. Luckily no model was hit, I was not even working there.
We are model makers, aren't we? So today I made two new clamps to get also the second lamp back to working state. Not perfect, but much safer.
2 January 2023, 19:01
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That a very impressive setup Frank. It makes it look like my tools are stone age in comparison. 😄 😄
12 January 2023, 16:50
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Wie praktisch, bin grad dabei mir meine eigene workbench einzurichten..kommt wie gerufen 😃. Sogar mit Drehmaschine das ist Luxus.
27 February 2023, 22:06
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I was asked which tools I use, so here some important ones.