Double heading is a term used in railway operations and refers to the practice of using two locomotives to haul a...
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Double heading is a term used in railway operations and refers to the practice of using two locomotives to haul a...
Shaper sheets are a material used to create self-supporting hills or terrain on a model railway layout or other...
The term 'Start Voltage' is used in model railways to describe how much voltage is needed to get a locomotive moving...
Detailing refers to the process of adding small, intricate elements to model trains, tracks, and landscapes to...
It is generally recommended to incorporate expansion gaps or expansion joints into your model railway layout,...
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There are three main types of hand drills used in modelling, all with quite amusing or non-descriptive names including eggbeaters (officially known simply as hand drills or wheel braces), the Archimedean drill, which developed into the push drill and pin vices.
Traditional hand drills (eggbeaters) have a handle you turn to provide rotation to a drill bit via a gear, a push drill also produces a rotating motion but is operated by pumping the handle of the screwdriver-like device up and down as you work and a pin vice has no mechanism therefore is operated by screwing a bit through a surface in an action not too dissimilar to using a bradawl.
Hand operated drills specifically designed for modellers accept very small bits ranging from zero to just a couple of millimetres making them ideal for modelling projects. Although there are numerous other types of hand-operated drills available, these three are the most commonly used by modellers providing them with a means to drill holes with a precision that power tools would not allow.
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