Lakemonster Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 or whatever they are called....I was wondering if folks here have used them.... if they work well.... and if the hole size and pattern on them are good.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioannisds Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 They are crap. I bought one on Ebay, and it is poo. The points are not sharp at all (being plastic), and you end up tearing the foil half the time. Hole size seems ok if you get it right, but the pattern doesn't take up a lot of space (MAYBE half dollar size), so if you've got anything bigger than a medium sized bowl, you end up with a lot of unpoked foil. If that is even a word. CRAP I SAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettK Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 i think there just fine.. its not like there expensive or anything so you might as well try them. but they are kinda of small so it only works for a small bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGuy Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 what are these? my friend has a little thing which is quite useful. basically its got like a little bigger then a need on the end thats about half a centimeter long, thn abover that it gets a few mm wider, and it steps up to about a cm wide. Good for making foil holes fo carying size, it metal aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loanshark Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 [quote name='ioannisds']They are crap. I bought one on Ebay, and it is poo. The points are not sharp at all (being plastic), and you end up tearing the foil half the time. Hole size seems ok if you get it right, but the pattern doesn't take up a lot of space (MAYBE half dollar size), so if you've got anything bigger than a medium sized bowl, you end up with a lot of unpoked foil. If that is even a word. CRAP I SAY! [/quote] Agree ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I want to make my own. Like take a piece of plastic and make a pattern using the metal parts of thumbtacs or w/e... it'd work because it's sharp enough... just don't know how much work it'd be to make something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 toothpicks work fine for me but for some reason when we wanna get started we never seem 2 find one so my cuzins earring is what we end up usin and we get sum ass holes lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glottis Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Those are pretty much way too huge for me, I end up tearing the foil. I use a regular pushpin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruddigger Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Yeah they will destroy pre-cut foil sheets on a tangiers bowl, unless you hold the foil really tight around the side you're punching. Its not hard to do but you might ruin some foil the first time or two. On normal sized bowls, I've never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novicafe Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 tooth-picks and shish kabob sticks work best for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sariél Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 The poker stick on my tongs was too big for me until I sharpened it on a bench grinder. I've also had good luck with a LOT of holes made with a little needle from a diabetes testing kit. I found I needed to put 4 or five bigger holes along with the neddle holes, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Too bad the forums search function is acting up right now, I'd search for foil punchers because I posted pictures of my homemade one I made a few years back. It was pretty much a bunch of pushpins glued onto a round piece of cardboard I cut out. It worked well enough, but you just need to measure out the cardboard to fit your size bowl.I'll try and take some new pictures and upload them here when I get some spare time. Hopefully later tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Well, found my homemade holepuncher and just snapped a couple quick pics.[img]http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3051/img2419if6.jpg[/img][img]http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3297/img2421yl8.jpg[/img]So if you decide to go with the homemade route, its pretty damn simple. I use pushpins normally, so thats why I chose to use them for my hole puncher. I just cut out two round pieces of cardboard, jammed all the pushpins through one cardboard, and then put a layer of super glue on the ass end of each pushpin, then slapped the other piece of cardboard to the back of them.Now normally I like to use more holes than the hole puncher can hold, so I typically push through my foil once with the puncher, pull it out, rotate it ever so slightly and push it in again. This gives me my normal ~60 holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princesofpersia Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 i use the tip of a staple. very fine holes perfect imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I use a plastic 4 tong fork.Takes rougly 10 seconds to do 5 rows down, then i do another colum on either side of the 4 colums from the original holes.Works awesome, cost is like $0.04. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 lol i used a regular fork then stuck it back for somebody to eat with my shisha on the end haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGuy Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 I use anything available from safetypins to piercings lol. a hole is a hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioannisds Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 [quote name='MrGuy']a hole is a hole.[/quote] Unh, isn't that what Vanilla Ice said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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