tools you can't live without when making stuff.

[ChaseKiefer]

Hello everybody,

I decided to start a thread for everybody to list their favorite tool(s) for making props. So please list your favorite tools.

My list.
1. dremel
2. sander
3. bandsaw
4. hot glue gun

May the force be with you all,
Chase K.

 

[epilepticsquirl]

x-acto knife
super glue

 

[themanwoaname]

i was going insane without an aircompressor and a DA sander. now that i have one, and a grinder, i couldnt be happier.

if i only had a bandsaw and a table sander, then id be cooking with gas.

 

[ave4uevoli]

cigarettes and jellybeans

 

[Volpin]

Dremel is totally on that list, though I'd prefer to get a more "professional" one when I have the cash.

Bandsaw also up there. Probably my most used tool in the shop.

If you scratch build, and you've got a free weekend, make a vacuumformer! I find every excuse possible to use mine whenever I can.

 

[Drewid]

1. Dremel
2. Files
3. Hot Knife
4. X-Acto knives
5. Heat Gun
6. Beer

 

[ChaseKiefer]

I don't know about cigarettes but you can't have to many jelly beans.

 

[propologist]

someone else's original sculpt , cheap resin and some rubber.....I kid , I kid...

 

[Frosteon]

Dremel, Sander, Rivet gun, and hot glue. I'd like to learn how to use fibreglass.

 

[defstartrooper]

Hands.

 

[b26354]

all of the above (minus the cigarettes) plus digital calipers and one of these:

 

[Lichtbringer]

Imagination - and a reasonable "feeling" for 3D objects.

 

[Risu]

Xacto knife
Set of small files
Sandpaper

I would also like to second "hands"

 

[MooCriket]

Insane amounts of coffee, and ALOT of band aids.

 

[jwm96]

No one said this yet so um
Sonic Screwdriver,
no but seriously I only have the basics,
(regular and hack) saw
screwdrivers
hammers
soldering iron
dremel
knife
drill press
without those I would be dead in the water
OH and if this counts, the vice on my workbench

 

[Mercury]

Tools I can't live without:
1: Band saw
2: Belt/disc sander
3: Dremel
4: Knife set
5: Coping saw
6: Measuring tools (T-square, calipers, rulers, etc.)
7: Hobby Vise (medium size, positionable type)
8: Drill

Stuff I use occasionally usually for metal work:
1: Metal working Lathe
2: Drill Press
3: Two Grinders (full size and mini)
4: Portable band saw with pivot base (for pipe and bar stock cutting)
5: Two other vises (large and small, standard type)

 

[ArtisanProps]

My most used would be

1.Dremel
2.Drill Press
3.Sculpting Tools
4.Sandpaper
5.Razor Knife or Blades

And most Importantly

6. My Hands

 

[IEDBOUNTYHUNTER]

Besides all the ones mentioned before.



A good set of machinists squares.

spring clamps

A good work table

Radius gauges

 

[deadbolt]

My Top 10. In order of frequency of use,

1. X-Acto knife
2. X-Acto blades
3. digital Caliper
4. metal ruler
5. Dremel
6. epoxy putty
7. sand paper
8. glazing putty
9. hand Router
10. Spray Primer

There's the essentials,

-Carson

 

[Frosteon]

I'll add one more too. A heating gun