Here's one for you .
How about this .You take an X-Acto knife handle that has the knurled butt end and soft-touch plastic handle and make it stiffer and better locking . How ? You replace theSoft-Touch handle with a Thick-walled Aluminum tubing piece and this does the job.
Drill bits for Dressing molded holes or De-Burring Plastic or metal tubing . Set drill bit down butt end in a jar with a hole in the direct center of the lid . Now you prep the bit by filing flat spots in the sides . Pour Sprue -Glue in to a depth of the bottle where it starts to narrow . Drill holes around the lid so the product can gas out .
When this , done , yeah , it takes a little time , Do this . Break the bottle releasing the part . Now , file the resulting cylinder to a rounded ball like profile with a flat spot on one side ( It won't roll of the table that way )
There it is , a perfect to the hand ( much like the little drills made this way with wood balls . ) and sure better to control .You can do this to bits that won't fit a pin - vise but are ones you use a lot . Instead having to break out the power drill .
Hammers . Want a hammer you can pound on plastic Gears and Wheels and you don't have a small wheel-gear press ? Coat the smallest hammer you have with the coating made for handles .
Air Brushes . MMMMMM This is a hard onne .Is it ? Say you have an old one that you can't get new innards for ( Internal Mix style) Well don't throw it out . Use it to blow out a gentle stream of air to dust off those old models on the shelf .They will appreciate it and you won't pull out hair over broken masts or antennas . Bye T.B.