svein erik Posted October 15, 2018 #1 Posted October 15, 2018 Hi Dos anyone know's were the kit eyepins from ME is made? the brass eyepins thats comes with the syren kit Seems to be different or crapy one, I have dunn the blackenig befor with good result, but this time it Seems to not stikk I did try acid dip first and so on... but its turn out the same 😲( I used carr's) Svein.erik Quote
ccoyle Posted October 15, 2018 #2 Posted October 15, 2018 Erik, have you tried making your own? Eye bolts are quite easy to make with blackened annealed wire and a pair of round-nose pliers. Cheers, mtaylor, Canute and John Allen 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
svein erik Posted October 15, 2018 Author #3 Posted October 15, 2018 Hi chris no I havent, but t think I wil do so, but I think I need a nose pilers thats nerow to make them small to match the 1/64 scale 😊 Svein.erik ccoyle, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote
wefalck Posted October 15, 2018 #4 Posted October 15, 2018 Have a look at the other recent thread on eye-bolts ... the can be made very small. mtaylor, svein erik and Canute 3 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux
svein erik Posted October 15, 2018 Author #5 Posted October 15, 2018 I have to do some mor test so I did find some pins from artesania kit I had and tested with to sorts of blackening liquid, I did also try it on a tube from K&S (the result speek from it self) The pins I have from ME (syren kit) has to be made from ....... it is crapy 😲 Canute 1 Quote
Chazz Posted October 16, 2018 #6 Posted October 16, 2018 Just get a cheap pair of needlenose pliers and file down one point to what you need. Since the points are tapered, you can make several sizes of eyes from one point by using a spot further up or down the jaw. Chazz reklein, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote
svein erik Posted October 16, 2018 Author #7 Posted October 16, 2018 Hanks chazz Do you have a photo? Svein.erik Canute 1 Quote
Roger Pellett Posted October 16, 2018 #8 Posted October 16, 2018 My System: A small nail diven part way into a piece of wood with the head then cut off or you can use a broken drill bit. Bend the wire around the protrusion and crimp the two legs of the shank together with pliers. Then cut one of the legs off. Basic but it works. Roger svein erik, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote
davyboy Posted October 16, 2018 #9 Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Hi Svein Erik. What I did was get a piece of 3mm tubing,cut a slot about 10mm long drill a hole right through at 90° to the slot of the diameter I want the eye to be. Bent the wire around whatever pin,drill shank etc diameter to get the size of eye I wanted. Hold the wire with pliers and spin the tube. I can make dozens of eyebolts in a very short time. I have several of these for making different sized eyebolts. No need to butcher a pair of longnose pliers as has been suggested. Incidentally a spun up eyebolt holds much better than the single shank ones. Dave Edited October 16, 2018 by davyboy Canute, svein erik and mtaylor 3 Quote
wefalck Posted October 16, 2018 #10 Posted October 16, 2018 Can you post a picture, Dave ? I don't seem to understand what you do with the tube, once you bent the wire around the pin etc. Canute, catopower and mtaylor 3 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux
davyboy Posted October 16, 2018 #11 Posted October 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, wefalck said: Can you post a picture, Dave ? I don't seem to understand what you do with the tube, once you bent the wire around the pin etc. Wefalk, I wrote "hold the wire with pliers and spin the tube" Sorry no pic,I thought this was self explanatory. Dave Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote
wefalck Posted October 16, 2018 #12 Posted October 16, 2018 I may be stupid, but it isn't to me, sorry. Is the pin with the wire inside the tube and you form the sharp corners with it ? Perhaps also the term 'spin' is confusing, as it normally implies serveral, if not many turns. catopower, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux
davyboy Posted October 16, 2018 #13 Posted October 16, 2018 18 minutes ago, wefalck said: I may be stupid, but it isn't to me, sorry. Is the pin with the wire inside the tube and you form the sharp corners with it ? Perhaps also the term 'spin' is confusing, as it normally implies serveral, if not many turns. Wefalk,perhaps I should have written bend the wire around the pin ensuring the two ends are inside the tube slot,silly me. Dave Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote
Roger Pellett Posted October 16, 2018 #14 Posted October 16, 2018 The single shank version that I described is the economy model. You are making the premium version! Roger mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote
svein erik Posted October 20, 2018 Author #15 Posted October 20, 2018 Thanks for all the good way's for making pins😊 but first I wil try the Beadsmith-one step looper tool (1,5mm) you can get 2,25 and 3mm also. Svein.erik mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote
puckotred Posted October 20, 2018 #16 Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) Cool tool, but an inner diameter of 1,5 mm is too large for a 1:64 model?... And I've heard that it still need some afterwork as the loop is open and misaligned. So it may still be that the old round nose pliers is the way to go... Edited October 20, 2018 by puckotred mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Mr. Pucko Building: Royal Caroline - Panart Nuestra Senora del Pilar - Occre Bounty - Occre Titanic - Amati Endeavour - AL Santissima Trinidad cross section - Occre
svein erik Posted October 20, 2018 Author #17 Posted October 20, 2018 Yes it need some work, but I wil do try it out, my next build is the 1/4 cheerful so it Mayby good for this model, so wen I get the tool home I wil see if I can get the pin off maby make it small or have different sizes 😊 Svein.erik Canute, puckotred and mtaylor 3 Quote
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