
Best Rotary Tool?
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- jarndice
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Re: Best Rotary Tool?
ALPHA my friend while I was finding out about the B&D I checked a forum and it turns out that if you open up the switch panel and remove a spring you then have a variable unit, someone opined that the spring was fitted to stop "DREMEL" going to the LAWYERS for infringement of copyright.
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Re: Best Rotary Tool?
Good to know WO2cjarndice wrote:ALPHA my friend while I was finding out about the B&D I checked a forum and it turns out that if you open up the switch panel and remove a spring you then have a variable unit, someone opined that the spring was fitted to stop "DREMEL" going to the LAWYERS for infringement of copyright.shaun



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Re: Best Rotary Tool?
The Black & Decker unit is a 3-speed. The lowest sped will work on plastic if you don't just hold it against the surface continuously....then it'll start to melt. I use different size burr grinder bits and can rough out plastic pretty well. They also have a small buzz-saw type bit that is great for trimming away excess resin plugs from resin parts.
I've also used the 4.8 volt rechargeable Dremel that they sell for golf and pet use. Like Zuul said, it's a bit gutless, but it IS slow enough to not melt plastic when you use it.
I've also used the 4.8 volt rechargeable Dremel that they sell for golf and pet use. Like Zuul said, it's a bit gutless, but it IS slow enough to not melt plastic when you use it.
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This is the one you said was available at Target right Sass?...dremel still doing fine...but I just might get one for the heck of it lol....do you think the dremel acc. will fit the nose?sassgrunt wrote:The Black & Decker unit is a 3-speed. The lowest sped will work on plastic if you don't just hold it against the surface continuously....then it'll start to melt. I use different size burr grinder bits and can rough out plastic pretty well. They also have a small buzz-saw type bit that is great for trimming away excess resin plugs from resin parts.
I've also used the 4.8 volt rechargeable Dremel that they sell for golf and pet use. Like Zuul said, it's a bit gutless, but it IS slow enough to not melt plastic when you use it.




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Re: Best Rotary Tool?
For those in the UK I bought a Proline tool back in 2008, from B&Q. Mains powered, two speed, stand and flexible shaft, it was about £19 and came with a huge box of cutting disks, grinders, multiple collets and all sorts of tools. I have never seen a bargain like that since.
The flexy shaft gave up after 5 years, but that was no big deal, and the tool itself is still going strong. I use it for cutting & grinding styrene, cutting alloy and brass or anything else that I can attack with it. It is still going and although I would like a Dremel for the luxury of the workstation/drill stand I do wonder how long it would last.
The flexy shaft gave up after 5 years, but that was no big deal, and the tool itself is still going strong. I use it for cutting & grinding styrene, cutting alloy and brass or anything else that I can attack with it. It is still going and although I would like a Dremel for the luxury of the workstation/drill stand I do wonder how long it would last.
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- hawkeye3guns
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Hi Wibblywobbly I have the same tool from B&Q ( brought in 2009 according to the other half) and my flexible shaft lasted about until 2013 then the drive square snapped. but the tool itself is going strong.
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I started using proxxon. Got two top end dremels on amazon and both were sent back within a couple of weeks. Amazon just gave a refund after the second. The proxxon is much quieter and smoother than the dremell.