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Magnets & Pin Vices

The head query here is a specification question, not a shopping one: what size magnet fits a miniature. The usual answer for infantry-scale arms and weapon options is a small disc a couple of millimetres across, seated in a hole drilled with a hand-held pin vice — and the part everyone gets wrong once is polarity, because a magnet glued in the wrong way round cannot be reversed without destroying the joint.

The Honest Verdict

Buy magnets in one size and stick to it; a drawer of mixed sizes is a drawer you cannot use. A pin vice with a spare set of small bits is a lifetime purchase and costs less than most single kits, and it does pinning duty as well as magnetising.

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On This Shelf

246 products read and admitted so far - 16 brands, filterable below. More are mined and waiting to be judged.

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Army Painter Drill Bits

Replacement drill bits for the Army Painter hobby drill

Army Painter

Excel Blades 12-Piece Assorted Drill Bit Set

Assorted micro drill bits · #60 to #70

Excel Blades

Army Painter Miniature and Model Drill

Pin vice hand drill for pinning and magnet holes

Army Painter

Excel Blades 20-Piece Drill Set

Assorted micro drill bits

Excel Blades

Army Painter Miniature & Model Magnets

Magnets for magnetising weapon options and bases

Army Painter

Excel Blades 20-Piece Drill Bit Set with Dome Stand

Assorted micro drill bits · #61 to #80

Excel Blades

Excel Blades 20-Piece Drill Index (#61-#80)

Assorted micro drill bits · #61 to #80

Excel Blades

Excel Blades 6-Piece Assorted Drill Bit Set

Assorted micro drill bits · #60 to #70

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Double Ended Pin Vise

Pin vise for hand drilling

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #61 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #61 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #50 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #50 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #51 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #51 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #52 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #52 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #53 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #53 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #54 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #54 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #55 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #55 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #56 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #56 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #57 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #57 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #58 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #58 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #59 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #59 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #60 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #60 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #62 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #62 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #63 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #63 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #64 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #64 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #65 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #65 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #66 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #66 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #67 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #67 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #68 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #68 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #69 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #69 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #70 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #70 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #71 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #71 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #72 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #72 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #73 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #73 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #74 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #74 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #75 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #75 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #76 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #76 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #77 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #77 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #78 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #78 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #79 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #79 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Drill Bits #80 (12)

Micro drill bits in one wire-gauge size · #80 · 12 bits

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Mini Pin Vise with 12 Assorted Drills

Pin vise for hand drilling

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Mushroom Pin Vise

Pin vise for hand drilling

Excel Blades

Excel Blades Swivel Head Pin Vise with 4 Chucks

Pin vise for hand drilling

Excel Blades

Tamiya Basic Drill Set

Pin vice and assorted drill bits

Tamiya

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