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Good morning,
I own a corded Dremmel tool with the usual accessories and it has given yeomans service over the years. I've replaced the brushes once, no other issue. I also use a Ryobi cordless 18v drill set around the property. I am very well pleased with it's performance. So much so that when my old Dremmel ever comes up for replacement, I will look to see what Ryobi has in mini tools.
regards,
Painless

I’ve got a proxxon that I bought 25 years ago, apart from needing to replace the power cable it is still going strong, definitely recommended

Mine is a work zone one from Aldi and works fine so dremmel for me is nothing more than a brand name

I've had years of good service from Makita cordless drills, and would have considered one of their cordless die grinders as an alternative to a Dremel, but for the fact that they're just a tad too bulky for detail work. I have a cordless Ryobi strimmer, and like the fact that its battery can be used in most of their other cordless products.
That's an attractive marketing factoid.
Dremel is has been owned by Bosch for decades now. I don't know if that might have affected the quality of their rotary tools. I think it's more likely, however, that the China factor has something to do with a lessening of quality control. It might have 'Dremel', or 'Bosch' embossed on it, but the odds are the product came off a Chinese production line...

Wow, I still have my old 9 volt Makita drills in my shed, one is an anglepoise, they were brilliant for their time. I keep meaning to find a way of replacing the batteries.
Sadly, a battery for my industrial 24 volt Makita is around £175, and I can't find cells the same physical size, I was hoping to meet the component shop man at the Blackpool show this year, but sadly that never happened.
This thing.

Son of a gun-ner wrote:Wow, I still have my old 9 volt Makita drills in my shed, one is an anglepoise, they were brilliant for their time. I keep meaning to find a way of replacing the batteries.
Sadly, a battery for my industrial 24 volt Makita is around £175, and I can't find cells the same physical size, I was hoping to meet the component shop man at the Blackpool show this year, but sadly that never happened.
This thing.

They're really well worth keeping, Mick. Finding tools of that quality these days is like treasure- hunting for Kit Williams' Golden hare...
(remember loonies being rescued from cliffs and other places, pursuing the hidden Hare in his 'Masquerade' book? ).

No, sorry, don't remember the "Loonies"

As for the drills, I should imagine they would have very handy low voltage high powered large RC vehicle motors within

That big one will put a one inch drill bit through solid concrete as quick as a 240 volt.. Black and Decker puts a tiny bit in a brick.

I have the Proxxon12-Volt PS 13 Pen Sander and Proxxon Bench Circular Saw KS 115. They are both good tools so far. Micro Mark basically rebrands Proxxon tools and sells them at a premium. Proxxon tools can be had as an online order through Home Depot. The pen sander does require buying a power supply, but it can be used with a bunch of their other tools: Proxxon 2 Amp Transformer NG 2/S.