Dremel for Pets

[ColemanCollector]

Works perfectly on tanks, too!

Picked up this"Pawcontrol" Dremel at a yard sale and what's great about it is that the first speed is incredibly low. Maybe less than 200rpm. Perfect for starting cuts or detail work. The next speed up is fast but still nowhere near as fast as a regular dremel. I'm sure the mach 1 rpm's of a regular dremel would roast a nailquick pretty fast. Recharges with a USB type C I think.

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Lady I bought it from said her dog freaked out the first time she used it, so never again. Dogs are a modelers best friend!

Mike.

[Estnische]

A great pick-up. Hopefully the low speed prevents plastic from melting.

[ColemanCollector]

So far, it works well with a cheapo aliexpress saw blade. Can't push it as it's pretty low torque, but doing well on ABS.

Mike.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Nice tip! This is one to seriously consider, for even at its lowest setting my "old" Dremel can melty-welty plastic in a flash. A quick search of "Dremel for Pets" brought up a surfeit of links to Dremel and other brand nail trimmers, including those for us hoo-mans. Prices run from about $20US to $65US.

[Stormbringer]

yeh this is cool to know as standard Dremel is to fierce and fast on plastic even on lowest setting

[ColemanCollector]

Here's a piece of 2mm thick abs from a Stuart fender with a couple of dremel cuts for comparison. Blade is one of those crappy aliexpress buzzsaw wheels.

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The dog dremel on slowest setting is on the left, a regular corded dremel multispeed on slowest setting on right.

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No severe melting from either on these short cuts, but the corded dremel definitely distorts and gets the plastic a bit melty/whitish looking on both sides of the cut after the fuzz--dare I say swarf?-- is removed.

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Interestingly, I checked Dremel's site for specs and they're saying "speed 1" on the dog dremel is 8000rpm! There is no way that my fully charged dog dremel is even remotely close to the 5000rpm of my corded dremel. Dog dremel definitely does not have the torque of the corded model, but much nicer and controllable to me for those "take-a-deep-breath-you-got-this-Mike-steady-steady" cuts.

Mike.

[Panzermechaniker]

I know with my Dremel expertise that cutting a dog's claws would be a bloody painful experience for the poor dog

[RobW]

I know with my Dremel expertise that cutting a dog's claws would be a bloody painful experience for the poor dog

You use an hour glass shaped grinding tool. Claw goes into the neck part and use with caution as they get warm. Our Ridgeback cries when she sees clippers never mind when anyone gets close with them, with this she just sulks.