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Were to find jackstay eyebolts?

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  • Member since
    March 2020
  • From: South Florida
Were to find jackstay eyebolts?
Posted by Having-fun on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 3:16 PM

I am building a for "beginner" small wood ship by the name of Dapper Tom.

The jack stay eye bolts are of a very small size which make it very difficult to work with. I may go a little out of scale and instead of using the very small eye bolts I would like to use the 1mm size. The problem I have encountered is I am unable to find any store or internet site that carries then.

Does anyone can give an indication of were the jack stay eye bolts of 1mm size can be found?

Thanks

Joe

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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 3:26 PM

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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    July 2015
Posted by MR TOM SCHRY on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 3:29 PM

Joe, there is a youtube site called Mystic modeler ships bruce kerr and he has a suggestion for what to use for metal eyebolts on ship kits.  He buys his from Michael's Craft Stores

TJS

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    July 2013
Posted by steve5 on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 5:27 PM

I make my own joe , you just bend some brass rod to the shape below , you then bend your wire around the rod , hold it with pliars and twist the tool  cut the end off . different size rod for different size eyebolts  .

 

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    January 2020
Posted by Space Ranger on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 6:35 PM

HO scale lift rings might work. You can usually find them at model railroad shops, and those I have are about 1 mm in diameter.

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    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 7:10 PM

Aha!

         I use " N" scale Diesel engine Lift rings when I have to do that. 

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    June 2021
Posted by rocketman2000 on Thursday, August 12, 2021 9:01 AM

I nake my own.  Buy a small nose plier with round noses.  The money you save will soon pay for them.  Grab a piece of wire, hold it in flat nose pliers, twist around a piece of rod or wire- go completely around, snip the end right where it crosses the stem, and cut to desired length.  I have made a jig with a couple of rods of different diameters sticking up from a base of particle board.  If you have to do a dozen or more, a jig really makes it easier.  I like painted ones, so I use black coated wire.  However, if you want brass ones, brass wire is readily available.  I get my wire at Michaels.  HL also has a variety of small diameter wire also.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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