Needle files

[montka]

Yo

Never did get round to buying those files Anyone have a fresh opinion on this? Are diamond files suitable for modelling? What is the grit on those steel files on the heresy site? Cheers!

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by montka
Never did get round to buying those files Anyone have a fresh opinion on this?

Have a look at Widget Supply. Worth shopping around though, eBay might be a place to look also.

Files are not all made equal though, some cut a lot better than others and it\'s hard to tell them apart without using them.

Originally posted by montka
Are diamond files suitable for modelling?

Yes. Diamond files are very fine usually, I think the grit # might be listed for some of them.

Edit: http://www.eze-lap.com/product/needlefiles.htm
http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/CTGY/file-diamond
http://www.amazon.com/Cummins-Industrial-Tools-Diamond-Needle/dp/B000FOIILY

Einion

 

[noneedforaname]

got a set of ten in all different profiles for about £2 from focus ages ago and they are still going strong.

Also got my clippers from homebase for about two quid, i have yet to break these and i have in the past managed to shatter about a dozen GW pairs

 

[Talion]

Hobby Craft sell a good set, can\'t remember how much they cost me, but it contains 10 needle files, they also sell a nice box of scalpels for cutting minis...........or the occasionaly surgical operation should the need arise