mdulaney Posted March 12, 2019 Share #1 Posted March 12, 2019 Does anyone make etched eyes? I'm looking for very small ones, with an ID of the eye itself around .009, .010 inch. thibaultron and Canute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted March 12, 2019 Share #2 Posted March 12, 2019 Daniel (Dafi here on MSW) has some on his site. You might check with him. http://www.dafinismus.de/plates_en.html#anker7 There might be other sources also but I've used some of his photo etch and it's excellent. See "plate 7" at the above link. His are all in mm so you'll need to do a conversion to see if the size is correct. Canute, thibaultron and bruce d 3 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted March 12, 2019 Share #3 Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) Nope, I checked: @dafi has them in .7 mm which is way more that .009 inch. ( which is around .2 mm) I also checked some PE-manufacturers, but ringbolts that size do not exist, at least, not in the places where I checked. Jan Edited March 12, 2019 by amateur mtaylor, thibaultron and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vossiewulf Posted March 12, 2019 Share #4 Posted March 12, 2019 Custom photo etch is not insanely expensive, I've had the linked company make me things a few times. There are others. thibaultron, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote Building HM Cutter Lady Nelson 1:64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdulaney Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted March 12, 2019 Yeah, I've used PPD for things before; it just would have been easier to click 'add to cart' and then 'checkout', or, I was trying to be lazy mtaylor, Canute and thibaultron 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted March 12, 2019 Share #6 Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) Just curious.. Could you humor us with some context? In the image below, is the smallest eyebolt I have in my collection at about 1mm ID.. The red dot is about .25mm .. It is barely visible when printed and smaller than most of the thread I own. P.S. I certainly admire the effort that requires anything at this scale.. It is way off of my radar.. Edited March 12, 2019 by Gregory Canute, mtaylor and thibaultron 3 Quote Luck is just another word for good preparation. —MICHAEL ROSE Current builds: Rattlesnake (Scratch From MS Plans On Hold: HMS Resolution ( AKA Ferrett ) In the Gallery: Yacht Mary, Gretel, French Cannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdulaney Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted March 12, 2019 They have many uses, but mostly as stanchions for hand rails and the like. The idea is to fit .008" bronze wire. thibaultron, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted March 15, 2019 Share #8 Posted March 15, 2019 Take a look at this model railroad car/parts site. There is a .010 wire next to the photoetched eyebolts for comparison: http://www.yarmouthmodelworks.com/index.php/ModelDetailParts/Miscellaneous Eyebolts with and without collars, about halfway down the page. mtaylor 1 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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