Best burglary tool out there. We spent Saturday morning cutting bolts to take security bars off a house. We used the latest cordless model and it cut like butter. My wife uses it to cut designs out of steel sheet and to grind steel. As Jeff7 said, spend the money of the fiberglass reinforced wheels and also the new EZ mandrel which makes wheel changes a breeze. I use the cheapest cordless version at work and it has been cheerfully cutting paddle locks for ten+ years.
And now have to buy another one.
You must be living right or you threatened to shoot his 1st born.No need, he gave it back... and it still works...
Dremel is okay but a better product is the black and decker RTX. Uses same tool sets and has a much more powerful motor for larger cutting jobs.
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-R...9464053&sr=8-1
its worth it for general mods/home imrpovement, as for electronics/compsci, u are jumping the gun on that one. tons of theory before you can apply anything worth building something over.
Yes.
I have 2 Dremmel tools,
What you PROBABLY need is this:
a) Just buy the most basic single-speed Dremmel tool model. Don't pay extra for the variable speed feature. That's a waste, you'll never use that.... You'll (we ALL) just run it flat out to the max speed anyway. You'll NEVER use the variable speeds, you (we all) WILL just run it flat out hard to the max.
b) Buy the KIT that includes a quick-change mandril (or "arbor") and a few quick-change diamond-coated cutting disks. Buy that. OSH by me sells that kit for around $22. If you buy those parts in the kit separately it'll cost more like $75+. That KIT is the main payoff to owning a Dremmel tool.
If your local place doesn't have the kit, then go to Amazon.com. Make sure you buy the QUICK RELEASE arbor and DIAMOND-COATED wheels. Accept no substitute!
Note: One of my two Dremmels came with about 6 arbors for specialty uses ( I never used ONE in years!) and various assorted disks I NEVER NEEDED ONCE. WEAK SAUCE!!!! Looks great in the store, bit IRL YOU'LL NEVER USE THEM!!!
The GOOD THING YOU WANT TO BUY is the KIT with quick change arbor + the diamond-coated wheels. They do nearly everything. Faster than you'd believe. Touch start andyourjobisdonethatfast. Buy the KIT, not separately.
If you need specialty bits (e.g.; I used up about 10 or more tile grout-removal bits at $13 apiece), just buy what you need when you need it.
Cliffs:
Yes, Dremmel tool is useful
No, don't pay extra for variable speed
Yes, just buy the cutting kit mentioned above, plus any specialty bits you may want (tile grout removal, or other).
I have the "cordless" dremel, model:
http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages/ToolDetail.aspx?pid=10.8V+Lithium-ion+Cordless
That one.
My wife does coasters (think 4x4 bathroom ceramic tiles, literally) coated in epoxy resin that always drips from the bottom. About thrice a month I'm called on to grind down the bottom resin drips.
A full charge lasts me about 16 coasters at full speed 10k rpm or whatever with the grinding stone. It's roughly a solid hour of full blast running under intermittent load.
I've used it to polish plastic, I've cut grooves, I've routed wood, stripped paint from metal and wood, engraved, cut lateral slots, straight through holes, cleaned up plastic moldings, and of course, cut windows in a computer case. Best tool I've ever had. One day I'll get off my duff and get a wired one.
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I used some of the new cut-off wheels to cut through the end of an old control-arm of my car (heavy, strong steel). The job would have been better done with a pneumatic grinder or a recip-saw, but I had neither of those at my disposal.
I'll concur that the corded models are much better. The cordless ones simply don't have the balls to tackle a lot of jobs. Personally, I wouldn't waste the money on the dremel brand - there are enough clones; some with even more power, for less money.
Cliffs:
Yes, Dremmel tool is useful
No, don't pay extra for variable speed
Yes, just buy the cutting kit mentioned above, plus any specialty bits you may want (tile grout removal, or other).
Yeah the B&D RTX recommended up above is looking good.
I'll concur that the corded models are much better. The cordless ones simply don't have the balls to tackle a lot of jobs. Personally, I wouldn't waste the money on the dremel brand - there are enough clones; some with even more power, for less money.
Can the RTX use all the dremel bits interchangeably? Or do you need some kind of adapter?
A quick Google seems to suggest that it's compatible with the vast majority of bits. Other types of add-ons and accessories I'm not sure yet.
I went ahead and ordered the RTX with the dremel 160pc accessory kit, dremel flex shaft, and dremel workstation. Some searching seems to indicate that all those items are compatable with the RTX. Total was less than $140 for all of it from amazon.