Hole Templates ???

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Hole Templates ???

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Does anyone know of a manufaturer or distributor of metal hole templates ? I have plastic ones but the xacto knife tends to cut into them when I'm scribing a hole in plastic.
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Besides my eraser shield there is this.
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I used to gouge the plastic templates, but then I switched from the X-Acto to a pin chucked in a pin vise. Works well, and won't gouge. Using the back of the X-Acto blade can help too. Another possibility is to use a gasket punch to press in a circle.
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kylwell wrote:Besides my eraser shield there is this.
Verlinden used to do a set like this in a couple of scales - 1/48 and 1/72, IIRC. Mine have been used many, many times in re-scribing lost details.

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Hasegawa Tritool. Yep, I have one of them. Delicious little tool. I'm more jealous of them than of my airbrush.
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Tritool is available in the SM store. Also, the Hasegawa scribing tool is da best. It won't cut like the x-acto, will let you follow templates etc. Use it lightly and make numerous passes - you will be mightily impressed.
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Post by dekesdragon »

Has anyone tried the hole scribers available in the
scrap booking area of a craft store?
They look like they would work when the hole is bigger than/in between
ones available through drilling or hole saw sizes.

I have used an old drafting tool, a set of dividers (or a compass
with two sharp points instead of one sharp and one lead) to use to
make perfect circles. The concept is the same as using the back edge of a knife blade to score the line. Yet another use for a old time
mechanical drafting tool.


Would the 'pupil part' of a doll eye, when glued in place, work as a cutting template for your application? I buy these doll eyes, cut the back a part,
and extract the pupil to use as a perfect circle for various places where
I need a circle. Cheap too.
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