DSPIAE | PT-HD
General Purpose Hand Drill Set
Five tungsten bits covering the sizes you actually use. The sensible first hand drill.
📦 What's in the box
✔ 1 × PT-HD hand drill — solid metal construction
✔ 5 × tungsten steel drill bits — 0.5, 0.8, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mm
Bits are included. A lot of precision drills at this price arrive as a bare handle and leave you to work out what to buy next. This one is ready to use the moment you open it.
📏 The five sizes, and what each one is for
Plenty of drill sets give you ten sizes and leave you guessing which to reach for. This one gives you five, and they are the five that do the work:
| Size |
What it's for |
| 0.5 mm | Fine detail, small pilot holes, delicate work |
| 0.8 mm | Pinning. One of the two most-used sizes in the hobby — takes 0.7 mm brass rod with room for glue |
| 1.0 mm | Pinning. The other one. Standard for 28–32 mm figures and heavier joins |
| 1.5 mm | Magnet recesses, larger pins, opening small barrels |
| 2.0 mm | 2 mm disc magnets, thruster and barrel openings, heavier fabrication |
If you are pinning miniatures and setting magnets, these five cover essentially all of it. That is not a compromise — it is a well-chosen spread.
🔧 About the bits — and how to keep them alive
The five bits are tungsten steel on 3.175 mm (1/8") shanks — the universal hobby standard. Two useful consequences: they will fit any other 3.175 mm hobby drill handle you own, and any replacement bits you buy in future will fit this one. You are not locked into one brand's consumables.
Tungsten is chosen because it is exceptionally hard and holds a sharp edge. The trade-off is that hardness and brittleness are the same property seen from two sides: these bits cut cleanly, and they snap if you load them sideways. That is true of every micro bit from every manufacturer, and a few habits make the difference between bits that last years and bits that last an evening.
Start with a dimple. Press a knife tip or a pin into the spot and twist before you drill. Without it the bit skates across smooth plastic, and when it finally catches, it catches sideways.
Keep it perpendicular. Sight down the axis before you turn. Any tilt is side load, and side load is what breaks bits.
Withdraw to clear swarf. On anything deeper than about twice the bit diameter, back out every few turns. Packed plastic binds the bit, and a bound bit snaps.
Light pressure only. Let the edge do the work. If it has stopped cutting it is clogged, not weak — pushing harder will only break it.
Secure small parts. Hold the workpiece in a vice or clamp rather than in your fingers. Safer, and the hole comes out straighter.
✅ Three details worth knowing about
▪ The cap turns into an extension. It protects the bit when the tool is in your toolbox, and it mounts on the back end to make the drill longer when you need to reach into a recessed area. One part, two jobs, and it means you are not fighting for clearance inside a hull or a cockpit.
▪ It will not roll off your bench. The body has a polygonal cross-section rather than being round. Anyone who has watched a pen-shaped tool with a sharp bit fitted roll off the edge of a desk will understand why that matters. Small detail, genuinely useful.
▪ Magnetic bit retention. An embedded magnet holds the bit while you are changing sizes, so it does not drop out and disappear into the carpet.
📑 Specifications
| Brand | DSPIAE |
| Model | PT-HD |
| Type | Manual hand drill set |
| Shank compatibility | 3.175 mm (1/8") |
| Chuck | Alloy, quick-exchange, magnetic locking |
| Bit material | Tungsten steel |
| Bit sizes supplied | 0.5, 0.8, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 mm (5 bits) |
| Body | Polygonal anti-roll cross-section |
| Cap | Two-way — protector and rear extension |
| Power source | Manual — no battery, no mains |
| EAN | [INSERT EAN BEFORE PUBLISHING] |
🤔 Is this the right DSPIAE drill for you?
DSPIAE make several hand drills. Here is the honest version:
| Model |
Best for |
PT-HD
this one |
The practical one. Five sizes from 0.5 to 2.0 mm covering pinning and magnet work, at around half the price of the others. Start here unless you know you need something specific. |
| AT-SHD / AT-VHDS |
The fine ones. Ten bits from 0.3 to 1.2 mm in small increments, plus a storage case. Choose these if you do rigging, LED installation or fibre optic work below 0.5 mm. |
AT-MHD
"Mobius" |
The no-slip one. Spin-lock chuck keys the bit mechanically so it cannot rotate loose. Bits sold separately. |
Straight answer: this is not the budget compromise in the range. Its five bits reach higher than the ten-bit sets, which stop at 1.2 mm. For pinning and magnets it is arguably the better spread. The ten-bit sets win only if you need sizes below 0.5 mm.
⚖️ Honest limitations
Nothing below 0.5 mm. If you rig aircraft, install LEDs or work with optical fibre, you need finer bits than this set provides. Look at the AT-SHD or AT-VHDS instead.
Five sizes, not ten. No intermediate steps. If you specifically need 1.2 mm rather than 1.0 or 1.5, this is not the set.
A simpler tool than the AT series. No bearing-mounted head, no four-jaw chuck. It is well made for the money and it does the job — it is not trying to be a precision instrument.
No storage case. The cap protects the fitted bit, but the spare bits do not come in a case.
Not for children under 14. Sharp bits and small parts.
🚚 Dispatch & delivery
✅ Same-day dispatch on orders placed before 3 PM, Monday to Friday
✅ Sent tracked from our unit in Derby, UK — no import charges, no customs delays
✅ Packed properly. Small tools travel in protective packaging, not a bare envelope
✅ Not sure which drill suits your work? Message us — we build models ourselves and we would rather point you at the right one than sell you the wrong one
Hobby Heaven
By Hobbyists. For Hobbyists.
A family-run UK model and miniature supplier. We use the tools we sell, and we will tell you when something is not right for the job you have described.
DSPIAE | PT-HD
General Purpose Hand Drill Set
Five tungsten bits covering the sizes you actually use. The sensible first hand drill.
📦 What's in the box
✔ 1 × PT-HD hand drill — solid metal construction
✔ 5 × tungsten steel drill bits — 0.5, 0.8, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mm
Bits are included. A lot of precision drills at this price arrive as a bare handle and leave you to work out what to buy next. This one is ready to use the moment you open it.
📏 The five sizes, and what each one is for
Plenty of drill sets give you ten sizes and leave you guessing which to reach for. This one gives you five, and they are the five that do the work:
Size
What it's for
0.5 mmFine detail, small pilot holes, delicate work
0.8 mmPinning. One of the two most-used sizes in the hobby — takes 0.7 mm brass rod with room for glue
1.0 mmPinning. The other one. Standard for 28–32 mm figures and heavier joins
1.5 mmMagnet recesses, larger pins, opening small barrels
2.0 mm2 mm disc magnets, thruster and barrel openings, heavier fabrication
If you are pinning miniatures and setting magnets, these five cover essentially all of it. That is not a compromise — it is a well-chosen spread.
🔧 About the bits — and how to keep them alive
The five bits are tungsten steel on 3.175 mm (1/8") shanks — the universal hobby standard. Two useful consequences: they will fit any other 3.175 mm hobby drill handle you own, and any replacement bits you buy in future will fit this one. You are not locked into one brand's consumables.
Tungsten is chosen because it is exceptionally hard and holds a sharp edge. The trade-off is that hardness and brittleness are the same property seen from two sides: these bits cut cleanly, and they snap if you load them sideways. That is true of every micro bit from every manufacturer, and a few habits make the difference between bits that last years and bits that last an evening.
Start with a dimple. Press a knife tip or a pin into the spot and twist before you drill. Without it the bit skates across smooth plastic, and when it finally catches, it catches sideways.
Keep it perpendicular. Sight down the axis before you turn. Any tilt is side load, and side load is what breaks bits.
Withdraw to clear swarf. On anything deeper than about twice the bit diameter, back out every few turns. Packed plastic binds the bit, and a bound bit snaps.
Light pressure only. Let the edge do the work. If it has stopped cutting it is clogged, not weak — pushing harder will only break it.
Secure small parts. Hold the workpiece in a vice or clamp rather than in your fingers. Safer, and the hole comes out straighter.
✅ Three details worth knowing about
▪ The cap turns into an extension. It protects the bit when the tool is in your toolbox, and it mounts on the back end to make the drill longer when you need to reach into a recessed area. One part, two jobs, and it means you are not fighting for clearance inside a hull or a cockpit.
▪ It will not roll off your bench. The body has a polygonal cross-section rather than being round. Anyone who has watched a pen-shaped tool with a sharp bit fitted roll off the edge of a desk will understand why that matters. Small detail, genuinely useful.
▪ Magnetic bit retention. An embedded magnet holds the bit while you are changing sizes, so it does not drop out and disappear into the carpet.
📑 Specifications
BrandDSPIAE
ModelPT-HD
TypeManual hand drill set
Shank compatibility3.175 mm (1/8")
ChuckAlloy, quick-exchange, magnetic locking
Bit materialTungsten steel
Bit sizes supplied0.5, 0.8, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 mm (5 bits)
BodyPolygonal anti-roll cross-section
CapTwo-way — protector and rear extension
Power sourceManual — no battery, no mains
EAN[INSERT EAN BEFORE PUBLISHING]
🤔 Is this the right DSPIAE drill for you?
DSPIAE make several hand drills. Here is the honest version:
Model
Best for
PT-HDthis one
The practical one. Five sizes from 0.5 to 2.0 mm covering pinning and magnet work, at around half the price of the others. Start here unless you know you need something specific.
AT-SHD / AT-VHDS
The fine ones. Ten bits from 0.3 to 1.2 mm in small increments, plus a storage case. Choose these if you do rigging, LED installation or fibre optic work below 0.5 mm.
AT-MHD"Mobius"
The no-slip one. Spin-lock chuck keys the bit mechanically so it cannot rotate loose. Bits sold separately.
Straight answer: this is not the budget compromise in the range. Its five bits reach higher than the ten-bit sets, which stop at 1.2 mm. For pinning and magnets it is arguably the better spread. The ten-bit sets win only if you need sizes below 0.5 mm.
⚖️ Honest limitations
Nothing below 0.5 mm. If you rig aircraft, install LEDs or work with optical fibre, you need finer bits than this set provides. Look at the AT-SHD or AT-VHDS instead.
Five sizes, not ten. No intermediate steps. If you specifically need 1.2 mm rather than 1.0 or 1.5, this is not the set.
A simpler tool than the AT series. No bearing-mounted head, no four-jaw chuck. It is well made for the money and it does the job — it is not trying to be a precision instrument.
No storage case. The cap protects the fitted bit, but the spare bits do not come in a case.
Not for children under 14. Sharp bits and small parts.
🚚 Dispatch & delivery
✅ Same-day dispatch on orders placed before 3 PM, Monday to Friday
✅ Sent tracked from our unit in Derby, UK — no import charges, no customs delays
✅ Packed properly. Small tools travel in protective packaging, not a bare envelope
✅ Not sure which drill suits your work? Message us — we build models ourselves and we would rather point you at the right one than sell you the wrong one
Hobby Heaven
By Hobbyists. For Hobbyists.
A family-run UK model and miniature supplier. We use the tools we sell, and we will tell you when something is not right for the job you have described.
Specifications
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Brand
Dspiae
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Type
Hand Drill Set / Pin Vice
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Power Source
Manual / Hand-Powered
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Number of Pieces
6
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MPN
PT-HD
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Features
Magnetic Bit Locking, Anti-Roll Body, Extension Cap, Bits Included
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Suitable For
Scale Models, Miniatures, Gunpla, 3D Prints
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Country of Origin
China
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Colour
Red / Black
