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Reddit mentions of Metal Earth 3-Piece Tool Set - Clipper - Flat Nose Pliers - Needle Nose Pliers
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- Metal Earth 3-Piece Tool Set facilitates the building of 3D museum quality models from steel sheets.
- 3 Piece Set
- Clipper - Great for cutting pieces from the metal sheet. Eliminates the need to remove each piece by bending back and forth.
- Flat Nose Pliers - Used to hold parts securely and to create tight connections by pulling and twisting tabs.
- Needle Nose Pliers - Also used to hold parts plus bend and twist tabs but can reach places in which the flat nose pliers do not fit.
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Specs:
Color | Original Version |
Height | 0.1181102361 Inches |
Length | 5.905511805 Inches |
Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
Width | 7.2834645595 Inches |
Thanks for saying it looks good! I definitely made some mistakes but it was fun (two major mistakes plus many others) but they are hard to see since it's so small).
If I'm giving "pro tips" I'd say:
Hope this helps!
Here is what I use for mine. I use all three of those. The far right is to cut pieces out and they are tiny enough to do so if you need.
I also have purchased some smaller unfinished wooden dowels which have helped greatly with shaping pieces like when it comes down to rounding out some them. Get a few different sizes because you never know what may actually help, plus I've broken a few too.
I also use an anti-static mat that I normally work on computers with but it comes in handy to seeing all the pieces and keeping everything close.
Hope this helps!
[This Metal Earth toolkit] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MNQ2TUI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ASAAyb2SBQXAH) is pretty handy but really any needle nose pliers, tweezers, and something that can use to cut metal are what you need.
Some of the pieces are REALLY small and/or thin so having something to cut the pieces from the sheet (rather than trying to twist them out) is highly preferable. The tweezers are good for twisting the tabs and the pliers for bending corners. Depending on your eyesight, you may also want to use a magnifying glass. Those models (and all their tiny parts) are smaller than they look in pictures.
>The issue I found was getting the pieces off the sheet which stressed some of the bends before I even bent them into shape
Clippers man. You'll never get stressed about this again once you get a pair.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MNQ2TUI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_6vaVCbS7APW7R
I used to have that problem as well. There are small clippers that work well for this purpose; you can get a look at them here:
https://www.amazon.com/Tool-Kit-Metal-Earth-Models/dp/B00MNQ2TUI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503058205&sr=8-1&keywords=metal+earth+clippers
The pair I'm talking about is on the far right of the item pic. I bought my pair from Aliexpress for $4~ with free shipping; just search for "metal earth" and the clippers are often one of the options when you are looking at a listing that offers lots of different models. Downside of Aliexpress: it takes 2-3 weeks for that free shipping to get from China to the US. But I wasn't in a hurry so the wait didn't bother me. Hope this helps!
They sell a tool https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Puzzle-MT001-Metal-Earth/dp/B00MNQ2TUI
Yeah. And they're not huge, about the size of craft scissors. I have a cutter from Xuron that I use for my model cars, but Metal Earth themselves offers a tool kit that has all three things you'd really need for these little models.
[Tool Kit.] (http://www.amazon.com/Metal-Earth-3-Piece-Tool-Accessory/dp/B00MNQ2TUI)
A few things to get you started:
Medal Earth makes a pretty solid beginner kit that would be a good place to start Metal Earth 3-Piece Tool Set - Clipper - Flat Nose Pliers - Needle Nose Pliers https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MNQ2TUI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_HUznDb94F45T2