On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:26:12 +0100, Chronos wrote:

The Dremel doesn't
help - it just makes making a mess faster ;-)

But does look nice on the bench :-)



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On 8/20/2014 1:45 PM, Wymsey wrote:
On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:26:12 +0100, Chronos wrote:

The Dremel doesn't
help - it just makes making a mess faster ;-)

But does look nice on the bench :-)



In one of the Smoke and Solder segments of Ham Nation, George Thomas
made a jig for his Dremel so it works as a cross between a table saw and
a radial saw. Allows him to cut nice straight Mitered cuts in PC board.
Alas have no clue as to which episode it was http://twit.tv/hn

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On Wed, 20 Aug 2014, John Davis wrote:

On 8/20/2014 1:45 PM, Wymsey wrote:
On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:26:12 +0100, Chronos wrote:

The Dremel doesn't
help - it just makes making a mess faster ;-)

But does look nice on the bench :-)



In one of the Smoke and Solder segments of Ham Nation, George Thomas made a
jig for his Dremel so it works as a cross between a table saw and a radial
saw. Allows him to cut nice straight Mitered cuts in PC board. Alas have no
clue as to which episode it was http://twit.tv/hn

Are you talking about using a cut-off wheel? I think the real problem
with those is that the wheel is too small, so unless you are cutting off
edges, the rest of the Dremel/rotary tool gets in the way.

I think some of the newer models allow for a closer use.

I thought of getting a Dremel tool for about 20 years, they looked so
neat, but I couldn't justify the cost. I had no concrete need for it.

Then suddenly I did buy one (a Sear's one, which I think was a rebadged
Dremel) when it was on sale, and once I had it, I found a use for it.
Those cut-off wheels are great, go through the jar of bolts to find the
right diameter, and if it's too long, just cut off the extra, nice and
quick.

Michael

Michael Black wrote in
news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1408202237200.14425@darkstar. example.org:

I thought of getting a Dremel tool for about 20 years, they looked so
neat, but I couldn't justify the cost. I had no concrete need for it.


The small high speed ones? They're cheap enough, but you're right not to. I
had two, they vibrate hugely, and at those frequencies this is dangerous to
eveything, our biology, the tool, the work, nothing escapes it safely. I
later got a Proxxon IBS/E drill which even at top speed runs clean and smooth
like Rolls Royce aircraft engines in comparison with the Dremel which was
like a screaming two-stroke in comparison!! Add the small KT-70 two-axis
milling table to their cheapest drill stand, and it makes a tool that can
reliably use the same 0.7mm cabide PCB bit to drill FR4 fibreglass board full
of as many holes as you have the patience to drill. A Dremel could never do
that, it would likely break on first contact between drill and work.

One nice thing about the setup I described is it will accurately place fine
holes around the perimiter for small connector holes with any shape wanted,
with minimal filing needed to clean up. The precision is so good that
knocking the waste metal out of the hole before filing was very easy too.
Print out a panel design on paper with a cheap Laserjet printer, then stick
it on the panel, line it up on the table, and for a one-off design it can get
results you could sell in a high end retail shop.

On 8/20/2014 10:40 PM, Michael Black wrote:
On Wed, 20 Aug 2014, John Davis wrote:

On 8/20/2014 1:45 PM, Wymsey wrote:
On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:26:12 +0100, Chronos wrote:

The Dremel doesn't
help - it just makes making a mess faster ;-)

But does look nice on the bench :-)



In one of the Smoke and Solder segments of Ham Nation, George Thomas
made a jig for his Dremel so it works as a cross between a table saw
and a radial saw. Allows him to cut nice straight Mitered cuts in PC
board. Alas have no clue as to which episode it was http://twit.tv/hn

Are you talking about using a cut-off wheel? I think the real problem
with those is that the wheel is too small, so unless you are cutting off
edges, the rest of the Dremel/rotary tool gets in the way.

I think some of the newer models allow for a closer use.

I thought of getting a Dremel tool for about 20 years, they looked so
neat, but I couldn't justify the cost. I had no concrete need for it.

Then suddenly I did buy one (a Sear's one, which I think was a rebadged
Dremel) when it was on sale, and once I had it, I found a use for it.
Those cut-off wheels are great, go through the jar of bolts to find the
right diameter, and if it's too long, just cut off the extra, nice and
quick.

Michael


Yes he was using a cut off wheel.. In my case I had a job where I was
using a Skill hand grinder (Their answer to the Dremel) and it had a
problem.. So I got my own Dremel, a very low end of the line model which
lasted me like 20+ years before It started to smoke (Well it was old
enough) and I had to replace it,, I now use a Crafstman, Suspect it is
made by Dremel, a bit higher up the model chain.. Last used it a couple
hours ago.

I also have a ROBI somewhere here in the RV.

The trick to proper drilling is to use a drill press and the proper
material holder, (They make one for Dremel) that way you position the
drill bit when it is NOT turning, then the jig holds it in position.

Alas... I do not have the drill press

I DO have the router adapter

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