Going through all this reminds me of the Creepy Crawlers molding set I had as a kid!!

Thanks for sharing, also nice to know my shop does not look that bad now

yeah I thought others would like knowing they are not alone with junky work areas LMAO
also it explains why it takes so long for me to find things to get pics of

more info to come as I get time between Dr apointments, holidys and working on 3D printer stuff.

first for the Acrylic work I do cant find my tiny carving bit yet or N scale lamp for pics maybe later I also use wire gauge orifice drills. the N scale fish aquarium and microwave with turkey which can both be lit from bottom/edge and storage box for the micro items like N scale car lot flags, fruit, crates, appliances, tomb stones etc.

LOL I need to go to my work room in Basement with camera and take tons of pics for this thread. looks like. yeah I been making my own tools when none are available for decades. guess I thought everybody did. I found like 35 years ago when using a 30,000RPM Dremel moto tool that standard cutting/drilling accessories just dont work at such speeds, some even explode violently at the slightest bind and fly laps around the room with no regard to damage done to anything in their path.

also anyone that uses Dremel tools needs to watch for used model 395 and buy em up. as thats the last of the tough Dremels that fit most accessories over the years. also I have like a dozen of the Dremel tool adapter rings/collars that must be used when mounting some models into accessories and since Dremel has discontinued all old parts I plan to make stl files of those plastic rings. dont know if I remember what size is for what but if ya got the whole set then your good.

oh what I use is a Dremel with a homemade bit made from a piece of wire from a motorcycle hand brake cable about 2 inches long with a point ground on tip. when it spins at over 20,000RPMs it kind of melts away the plastic. allowing me to carve out the inside of an 1/8" sheet through the edge so I can cut bits of the sheet into size of object like the N scale fish aquarium and work from bottom and back of it to make fish and coral etc then paint them from inside cared holes with a single hair of fine paint brush then paint background land some of bottom leaving a few clear spots like on back side of coral etc for an white LED or fiber optic to illuminate it from underside or top like most aquariums and it can sit in window view of an N scale structure and look real in dim lighting of train room. same for other items just leave a side that is not exposed, unpainted to for edge lighting. one guy even used this technique to make an operating train layout inside an N scale hobby shop window.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCmS7Cfsqds

also lit for night time. David K Smith made it but most sites and other videos showing more info are now gone for some reason. it was done over 10 years ago

That's crazy!  Do you have a picture of the bit you used?  I'm not sure I follow.