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Anyone got any advice on what pin vice I should get? I've seen hand held hobby electric ones, hand held manual ones that you kind of spin the drill bit with a trigger, and then there are the manual hobby knife sorta looking ones. What should I use? It's a lot of models...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5518927.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5518927.page GMT GW one. (I know, wierd isn't it!)
A hand vice over an electric one is better, as it gives more control and you're less likely to accidently destroy anything.
And the best type of hand vice imo, is one with the rotating cap.
Normally the GW tools are somewhat overpriced, but when I went to get my pin vice (especially being I needed to take 1mm-3mm bits), and getting this with a rotating cap elsewhere cost the same as the GW vice, without any bits.
The GW drill can take the full range of small and large hobby bits, has the rotary cap and comes with 6 drill bits.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5518959.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5518959.page GMT Id say just dont get an electric one, hand operated works better because you can be more careful not to drill a hole through your model.

I also agree about the rotating cap. Its very handy to have.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5518989.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5518989.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5519047.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5519047.page GMT
The trouble with the electric ones is that the drill bit tends to roll away from the intended drilling point unless you've made a sufficiently deep pilot hole; the bit can also snap (as I discovered when drilling plastic portholes) . If you're only using it for pinning models then the electric one is probably not worth the extra expense.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5519101.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/521713/5519101.page GMT