Cool Tools--What's in your Box

[Anonymous]

Wow - I discovered the pin vice really early in my return to the hobby many years ago. wouldn't be caught without one. Drill holes in rolling stock for handrails, grab irons, horns, etc. Making starter holes for larger drill bits in heavyier materials, etc.

Bob Boudreau

[SpaceMouse]

Last week I was at the train club and I needed to make a whole in a tie so I could nail down a wayward section of track. I was handed a pin vise with a small drill bit attatched. And I thought, "What a cool tool." I've been aroun tools all my life and I'd never seen one.

So what I thought is with all the great knowledge and experience out there that it would be a lot of fun to share our favorite tools. These can be tools that you just acquired. Ones that you made custom. Ones that you adapted from their original use. Or just ones that you like.

There are none so common that someone won't benefit from hearing about it.

So here's my contibution: The pin vise. Uses probably lots, but I have only used it to put holes in plastic ties.