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2008/12/14 20:01:34
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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[DCM]
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Does anyone know of a good source for a hole punch to use to make rivets out of plasticard?
All that I seem to be able to find have hole sizes far too large...
Thanks!
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2008/12/14 21:58:27
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Yellin' Yoof
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Some people say this kind of tool is nice to make rivets:
http://images.tradera.com/918/72285918_1.jpg
I have NO idea what this is called in english :(
Please enlighten me.
Basically it's a tool for punching holes in belts and other leather goods.
/Grindah
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2008/12/14 23:27:48
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Grovelin' Grot Rigger
East End, Near Witney, UK
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Grindah wrote:Some people say this kind of tool is nice to make rivets:
http://images.tradera.com/918/72285918_1.jpg
I have NO idea what this is called in english :(
Please enlighten me.
Basically it's a tool for punching holes in belts and other leather goods.
/Grindah
Hole Punching Pliers ?
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2008/12/14 23:30:55
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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[DCM]
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I know that's what I need, what I need to know is where to buy one online!
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2008/12/14 23:34:17
Subject: Re:Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon
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That's a leather punch, which is good for circles of various sizes.
For rivets I prefer smaller sizes, and use a buttonhole punch. Two 1/16" holes side by side doubles productivity when making rivets!
Link to amazon
Thickest card I use is 0.4mm, and it does just fine. I imagine larger sizes might give a bit more resistance, caveat emptor.
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2008/12/14 23:40:54
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Lead-Footed Trukkboy Driver
Brighton, Uk
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Ooh nice one Teek. Might have to pick up one of those for all the Ork conversions I still have to finish.
Oh god so many...
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2008/12/14 23:42:04
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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[ARTICLE MOD]
Huge Hierodule
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You can find leather punches at any Michaels or Ben Franklin's art supply store
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2008/12/15 00:53:15
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Grovelin' Grot Rigger
East End, Near Witney, UK
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40k_slimez wrote:Grindah wrote:Some people say this kind of tool is nice to make rivets:
http://images.tradera.com/918/72285918_1.jpg
I have NO idea what this is called in english :(
Please enlighten me.
Basically it's a tool for punching holes in belts and other leather goods.
/Grindah
Hole Punching Pliers ?
Try Fleebay.... http://cgi.ebay.com/PRO-ROTARY-LEATHER-HOLE-PUNCH-WATCH-BAND-BELT-MULTI_W0QQitemZ370127012130QQihZ024QQcategoryZ28133QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Man do you how this 'ere in-ter-web contraption works ....
Aside... for orks i use square rivet heads...
a) so i don't have o buy one of those ...
b) round heads sometimes look too neat (un-orky)
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2008/12/15 02:33:02
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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[DCM]
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Thanks guys!
That ought to do it...
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2008/12/15 02:43:41
Subject: Re:Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Monstrous Master Moulder
Longmeadow MA 25+ Trade Rep
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Check Michaels, Martha Stuart makes a kick ass hole punch! Ooooh that came out wrongish.
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I dig how in a setting where giant, muscled fungus men ride Mad Max cars and use their own teeth as currency, the concept of little engineering dudes with beards was considered a step too far down the aisle of silliness.
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2008/12/15 04:48:33
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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and look in your local craft shop for punches designed for cardboard and paper - they come in smaller sizes (and also weird hole shapes, e.g. hearts, squares, nothing too useful for the average wargame modeller, alas). They'll only handle quite thin plasticard, but for rivets that's what you usually want
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2008/12/15 04:58:38
Subject: Re:Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Monstrous Master Moulder
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Oooh, Hearts? All of a sudden I have this great idea for an Eldar army...*snicker*
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"Orkses never lost a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fighting so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!"
I dig how in a setting where giant, muscled fungus men ride Mad Max cars and use their own teeth as currency, the concept of little engineering dudes with beards was considered a step too far down the aisle of silliness.
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2008/12/15 05:11:00
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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I found this tool to replace my lost sweet leather hole punch like the one pictured above, which is a hole punch tube that you use with a hammer. It sucks except for small amounts as you would go insane to make large quantities, but the punches are great and I strongly recommend them.
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2008/12/15 09:55:03
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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[MOD]
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Somewhere in south-central England.
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The leather punch is good for Orky rivets, having holes from 2mm to 4.5mm.
I punched out a ton of rivets in all the sizes from four different card thicknesses for my last Orky conversion.
Depending on the scale you consider 40K to be, these are very large rivets -- at 1/35 a 2mm rivet is 70mm across!
OTOH anything smaller is hard to handle.
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2008/12/15 16:33:25
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Bane Thrall
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Try Tandy Leather too, you can even get models with replaceable punches in case you break one..
(yes, I've done that, that's why I've been slicing rod for a while now)
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Thiiis is whiiiiining! Oooo, this mini is too expeennsive! I'm' going brrookee! Can't you make it cheaper? Oh, it's resin and not metal anymore! Why didn't you take it off the sprue first? That's gonna leave a pour spout, and the FLGS is so far away, WHY DO I HAVE TO SUPPORT IIIIIIIT?! </Rairty> |
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2008/12/15 17:11:37
Subject: Help finding a hole punch for plasticard
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Dakka Veteran
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Alpharius wrote:Does anyone know of a good source for a hole punch to use to make rivets out of plasticard?
All that I seem to be able to find have hole sizes far too large...
Thanks!
I got mine from a Joannes Craft store, but I think any old craft store will carry one. For rivits, you want something that punches 1 mm circles.
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