Dremel tools

The good thing about a Dremel is you can always get parts.

In article <[email protected]>,
Silvan <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> (Heh... Speaking of drilling. A lesson in using the right tool for the
> job. Once upon a time, at a previous job, I had to drill a hole in
> concrete, and the only tool I was given to do this was a Dremel with a 1/8"
> mild steel bit. I forget why I was trying to do this. Anyway, it was fun.
> I actually melted the bit and it started throwing off little blobs of
> red-hot metal. :)

Proving once again JR's theory of tool use:

Any tool can be substituted for any other tool as long as you're not too
fussy about the results.
;-)

MC & HNY to one and all

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Neal wrote:

> Freight? It would not see that much usage and I could buy 3 or 4 of the
> cheaper ones for the price of one Dremel but I do dislike poor quality
> tools.

Dunno. I don't have one of the cheapos, and I haven't really looked at
them. Having said that, if I had it to do over again, I would probably buy
a cheapo.

My Dremel really hasn't been all that useful. I'm glad I have it, and it's
a well-made little tool, but I don't turn to it very often. I left it
loaned out for three months, and never missed it once.

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CW wrote:

> I have never seen a mild steel cutting bit. Must have been a poor copy of
> a Chinese tool.

Wasn't a Dremel bit. Just something I scrounged up.

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"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> The largest use I've put it to is cutting with those brittle little cutoff
> wheels. Whirrrrrrrr, slip, crack. Unscrew. Break off remaining bit.
Fit
> new disc. Break new disc. Fit new disc. Screw. Whirrrrrrrrr, slip,
> crack. Repeat. There's a reason they put 100 of those things in every
> jar. (Or maybe it's 50. You get the idea.)

Hey, I know how to do that! The guy on the TV commercial never breaks his
though.

I also find the engraving bit helpful also. I marked a lot of my tools with
it. The drum sander can be handy for tight spaces. I don't use if often,
but once in a while it can be a real time saver.
Ed
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The problem with the Dremel is I forget I have it ... and I've the current
one for 10+ years. It's used so little that it rarely enters the equation as
a problem solver. About a week later I'll think, damn, I could have used the
Dremel and one of those little barrel sanders for that.

I can, however, guarantee that if I didn't have it, I'd feel the need almost
immediately. It's also does double duty for signing your work without the
expense of branding irons and stamps.

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"Silvan" wrote in message

> My Dremel really hasn't been all that useful. I'm glad I have it, and
it's
> a well-made little tool, but I don't turn to it very often. I left it
> loaned out for three months, and never missed it once.

Neal,
I bought one of the off brands for $20 at one of those traveling tool
shows. It is perfect for the amount of work that I find use. Plastic case
with a slew of bits and sanding discs.




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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> The largest use I've put it to is cutting with those brittle little cutoff
> wheels. Whirrrrrrrr, slip, crack. Unscrew. Break off remaining bit. Fit
> new disc. Break new disc. Fit new disc. Screw. Whirrrrrrrrr, slip,
> crack. Repeat. There's a reason they put 100 of those things in every
> jar. (Or maybe it's 50. You get the idea.)
>
I bought some reinforced discs ("The Good Ones") at a local hobby shop
some time back. I haven't broken one since. You can even put a load on
the face, not just the edge. Until I got these, I had the same problem
you describe.

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Swingman wrote:

> The problem with the Dremel is I forget I have it ... and I've the current
> one for 10+ years. It's used so little that it rarely enters the equation
> as a problem solver. About a week later I'll think, damn, I could have
> used the Dremel and one of those little barrel sanders for that.

I'm about the same way. Or I have a problem I can't solve with it, and the
next time I'm at Lowe's I see just the magic bit that would have worked.

Those bits are sooooo expensive though.

The largest use I've put it to is cutting with those brittle little cutoff
wheels. Whirrrrrrrr, slip, crack. Unscrew. Break off remaining bit. Fit
new disc. Break new disc. Fit new disc. Screw. Whirrrrrrrrr, slip,
crack. Repeat. There's a reason they put 100 of those things in every
jar. (Or maybe it's 50. You get the idea.)

Very useful when it's useful though. Cutting off rusted nuts, cutting slots
into mangled screws, cutting through car exhaust too hard to reach with a
hacksaw...

I've found plenty of other uses for it too, mind you. Just none of them
earth-shattering. It's not a tool I'm really jazzed about owning the way
some others are. It ain't no drill press.

(Heh... Speaking of drilling. A lesson in using the right tool for the
job. Once upon a time, at a previous job, I had to drill a hole in
concrete, and the only tool I was given to do this was a Dremel with a 1/8"
mild steel bit. I forget why I was trying to do this. Anyway, it was fun.
I actually melted the bit and it started throwing off little blobs of
red-hot metal. :)

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Tim Carver wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 01:38:04 -0500, Silvan
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>The largest use I've put it to is cutting with those brittle little cutoff
>>wheels. Whirrrrrrrr, slip, crack. Unscrew. Break off remaining bit.

> Have you tried the fiber reinforced cutoff wheels? They last about
> 20zx longer. They generally won't break, they just start getting
> smaller rapidly after you've cut off several screws or nails with
> them.

I have indeed, and they *are* much better. The "heavy duty" version of the
brittle little wheels is much better too. Of course, I don't have any of
those left, so I'm stuck trying to use up the big stack of the flimsy ones.

Yes, I know I can go buy these anywhere, and I suppose I have no good excuse
for not doing so, other than it just hasn't made my shopping list. I
really don't have any but the most occasional use for these things.

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I have never seen a mild steel cutting bit. Must have been a poor copy of a
Chinese tool.

"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> a Dremel with a 1/8"
> mild steel bit.

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 01:38:04 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:

>The largest use I've put it to is cutting with those brittle little cutoff
>wheels. Whirrrrrrrr, slip, crack. Unscrew. Break off remaining bit. Fit
>new disc. Break new disc. Fit new disc. Screw. Whirrrrrrrrr, slip,
>crack. Repeat. There's a reason they put 100 of those things in every
>jar. (Or maybe it's 50. You get the idea.)

Have you tried the fiber reinforced cutoff wheels? They last about
20zx longer. They generally won't break, they just start getting
smaller rapidly after you've cut off several screws or nails with
them.

Tim Carver
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