Scribing tools?

[seiseki]

I'm in dire need of a scribing tool..
At the moment I'm using a knife and I keep slipping and making nasty scratches outside of the lines..
I also tried using a needle but it's to small to hold..

I need something that's produced by any of the larger brands if I'm gonna be able to find it in a store here in Stockholm or a Swedish webstore.

 

[Wurger]

Hasegawa offers two types of the panel line engraver. And Trumpeter has one. Of course there can be found other such tools. Personally I use the Trumpeter one. But also I use needles. If you have a problem with holding of them , will make wooden handles for them or buy longer needles.

 

[Crimea_River]

Sewing needle in a pin vice works for me.

 

[seiseki]

hm, pin vice, if only I knew what it was called in Swedish, been googling it but no luck :<

Wurger, thanks, I guess I'll just get the cheap one of those two.
I assume it removes the plastic instead of just shoving it to the sides?

 

[herman1rg]

You could use a wine cork to put the needle in

 

[Wurger]

A good idea but the cork seems to be too soft.

 

[N4521U]

Apiece of wood dowel, big around as a pencil. Sharpen it as if it were a pencil, flatten the point and drive the needle into it till it is short enough not to bend. Should do the trick!

 

[Crimea_River]

Pin Vice, also called a Pin Chuck:

 

[B29WereWolf]

What's the difference between the Hasegawa Line Engravers #1 and #2?

 

[Wurger]

The shape of the blade and their thickness.