10 More Essential Model Making Tools | Workbench Wednesday

It's time to revisit my list of essential model making tools with 10 MORE that should have a place in your toolkit! Last year, I published my list of 10 Essential Model making Tools and asked viewers to add any that I left out in the comments. Boy, did you! Now it's time for an updated list featuring many of your suggestions and a few unsung favorites of my own.
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Dave
Tools mentioned in this video:
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[@christopherzehnder]

It’s great you mentioned “sentimental tools”. When someone’s gone, it’s nice to have something tangible to remember them by.

[@jimmanley4300]

"Every tool is a hammer." Perfectly said. LOL

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

Adam Savage said it first.

[@sammisworkshops3762]

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!

[@gladams56]

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.

[@lynnmccurdythehdmmrc2561]

Thinking (sorry, I do this sometimes) a List of Worthless Tools would be interesting.

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

I'm on it

[@scottmccloud9029]

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.

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

Sometimes evidence of my SoCal upbringing slips out. "Groady" is right up there with "Bitchen."

[@christopherzehnder]

“Groady” is one of the most self-explanatory descriptors in the English language tool kit!

[@midnightrambler3583]

Great list! The right tools make any project easier and more enjoyable.

[@greatnorthernrailwaytother4711]

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.

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

I need to get some of those.

[@davevan8864]

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

[@SweSuf]

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...

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

Excellent tip!

[@christopherzehnder]

Yup. Good lighting is helpful for anyone over 40!

[@loispadgett6306]

Thanks for this some on the list I don't have. GOD BLESS 🚂💕🚂💕🚂💕🚂💕

[@waynechapman4902]

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. ;)

[@Whipstorm]

#3 for wargamers is alligator clips on skewers

[@FunAtDisney]

I would add a lighted magnifying glass with a stand or clamp……Mainly for those of us with aging eyes!

[@Gregtrainmaster]

thanks for this

[@jimmclaughlin8195]

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.

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

Great idea!

[@AndrewJohnson-ur3lw]

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.

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

Good tips!

[@laurapeters8686]

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.

[@jamessullivan5168]

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).

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

I'll check it out!

[@jamessullivan5168]

@@ThunderMesaStudio, it’s possible that you’re so good with a regular hobby knife, you don’t need this at all.

[@thomasfrench2012]

I bet you wish they would come out with a gauge for narrow gauge model railroaders. Seems like an oversight to me.

[@ThunderMesaStudio]

They have one for HOn3

[@dstenger]

Check a square for square. I've found most squares aren't square, believe it or not.

[@jimmclaughlin8195]

The other oddity is that most levls are not level.