The DEXCHK AXIS is a magnetic painting handle with N52 caps that swap between 25mm and 100mm bases in seconds, with no threading.
Anyone who’s ever had to unscrew a painting handle just to swap minis halfway through a session gets the appeal here. The AXIS Handle from DEXCHK Supply Co. skips the threading entirely and uses N52 magnets, so the cap just pops off and the next one snaps into place.
At $44.95, it’s not the cheapest option, but the features make it worth it. We’ve been sorting through painting handles for years, and a Citadel grip is only around twelve bucks. So if you’re paying nearly four times that for a similar product, the setup needs to save enough hassle to justify the extra cost.
The idea is simple: pull one cap off, snap another on, and keep painting without messing with threads, clamps, or glue.
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- Price: $44.95
- Status: In stock
- Retailer: DEXCHK Supply Co.
- Contents: 1x AXIS Handle, 1x Standard Cap
- Designed for: Painting 25mm to 100mm miniatures, so most of the 40k and Age of Sigmar
- Benefits: Magnetic caps swap in seconds with no threading, on a knurled grip built to hold up through long sessions
DEXCHK AXIS Handle $44.95
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For the AXIS, you get the handle and one Standard Cap. The handle uses a knurled rubber grip (designed around motorcycle handles, so it’s comfortable for hours), which should be easier on your hand after hours of painting than squeezing the same little plastic grip all night. They designed this based on a motorcycle grip, which gets used a lot out on the road.
The rotating section runs on a low-friction bushing. You can turn the miniature with a small push, but it stays where you leave it instead of freely spinning around. That’s the sort of feature you probably won’t think much about until you’ve been edge highlighting the same model for an hour.
It handles bases from 25mm to 100mm out of the box, and DEXCHK also offers a limited lifetime warranty.
The Magnetic Caps Do the Heavy Lifting
The main feature is the N52 magnet system. The caps are meant to stay locked in place while you’re painting, but still come off quickly when you’re ready to swap models.
Standard caps, Sili-Cork caps, and XL caps all attach the same way, so there’s no different thread or adapter to mess with depending on what you’re working on.
DEXCHK recommends using GRIP tape on the cap face to hold the miniature, while the XL Cap Pack is for larger models once you get into large walker or monstrous creature territory. The AXIS Core Kit also bundles the handle with four caps if you want a more robust setup from the start instead of adding parts later.
Final Thoughts on the DEXCHK AXIS Handle
If you’re constantly swapping models on and off your painting handle or painting for long sessions, the AXIS makes a pretty obvious case for itself. The magnets remove one of those little bits of hobby friction that gets annoying with repeated use, so even after hours of painting, the grip won’t be annoying you.
You can start with the handle, move up to the Core Kit if you want more caps, and add the XL Cap Pack when you’re painting larger models.
DEXCHK is still a newer name in a very crowded painting-handle market, so the bigger question is how well the caps and magnets hold up after a lot of actual bench time. A magnetic system is great as long as everything stays tight, and how it feels months down the road is going to matter a lot more than how fast the first cap snaps into place.
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Is the DEXCHK AXIS Handle worth $44.95 over a cheaper grip, or is the magnetic cap system exactly the upgrade your bench has been missing?
