Clamping a figure down when using a dremel

If you're still worried about hurting yourself, this may work... Take a board and place it firmly against a stationary flat surface, say a wall. Then get the itty bitty head and another board to firmly sandwich the head in between the two boards. Like an oreo cookie. There is your makshift clamp out of two 2 x 4's. Use your body weight or your free hand to hold the bord firmly in place well away from the head being drilled. You will also want something flat and stable underneath the boards and the head so if you slip, the dremel drill bit doesn't go through your living room floor!!

Wheres the part where you drill your self in the chest lol? Sry it Reminds me of that Amature Surgeon game.

Hasn't happened yet................................yet.

Wheres the part where you drill your self in the chest lol? Sry it Reminds me of that Amature Surgeon game.

If I hold the figure I try to hold it as close to my body as possible to prevent movement. If able I hold it down on the desk and violate it with the dremel

Yea same here, hand is the best way, Plus if you cut yourself you can have some cool war stories to tell your girl, and a good subject changer if she ask you why you still play with toys at age 22.


Try practicing a bit on junky toys, to get the feel for the dremel. If your still worried about losing a thumb try using those quick grip Mini Bar Clamps, the kinda that tighten with a lever, not the scissor like spring ones, we had them at my old job for about $4 for a set of two. Then have different sizes.



I didn't kno there was an adjustable chuck... I could soo use that, I get tired of having to change collets.

hand is the best way to go. ii use a set of channel locks to push pins through knees/elbows, and their also good for holding very small things while you drill

Totally just use my hand. I'm always careful as hell with my dremmel though. And I always drill or dremmel in small bursts to make sure I don't overdo anything.

They should, just make sure you have the right sized collet. Or better yet, just get an adjustable chuck for the dremel (it's like 10 bucks) so you never have to change collets.

Thanks for the replies!

Cowboyink-- haha, you make customizing action figures incredibly exciting--- maybe too exciting!

All right, well I will just need to get used to the feel of the tool.

By the way, the bit collet sizes are industry standard, right? As in, a non-Dremel brand rotary tool can fit
drill bits from Dremel???

Aquila08

same here, or I have my girl stand across the room and I wear a blind fold and charge blindly with the dremel, so far so good, have had enough jewlery to fill the holes

Yeah, I just hold the figure with my hand, I know what I'm doing so there's no problem unless someone yells in my ear and startles me while I'm doing it...

HOld it betwixt my thumb and forefinger, pray, then drill. I have black and decker hobby table for like cutting wood and what not but its only good for wood lol.