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Creative => How-To => Topic started by: Serenity on November 14, 2005, 14:43:54
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A dremel is a wonderful, versatile little tool. DH got me one for Christmas last year ;D
(http://www.dremel.com/html/images/products/use_photos/1003009005_2.jpg)
It has several different attachments for different applications. I used a wire brush kind of attachment to 'distress' the solid wood door into our bedroom (also lumber chains and some stain), to make it look 'old west'. Of course, now I have to do the rest of the doors 8}
Our Home Depot (mega-hardware store) has fine saw blades for wood work. I haven't looked at the metal saws.
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I remember a Europen talking about another brand name tool, like Dremel. They claimed that it had even more torque (Power) and therefore was better than a Dremel.
I asked my father to replace John's one christmas oh so long ago. My dad really thought it was a nifty tool. He had never heard of it either.
It can be found in many (most) hardware stores, along with extra tools for various jobs.
Certains craft stores will also carry the tool
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A dremel is a wonderful, versatile little tool. DH got me one for Christmas last year ;D
(http://www.dremel.com/html/images/products/use_photos/1003009005_2.jpg)
It has several different attachments for different applications. I used a wire brush kind of attachment to 'distress' the solid wood door into our bedroom (also lumber chains and some stain), to make it look 'old west'. Of course, now I have to do the rest of the doors 8}
Our Home Depot (mega-hardware store) has fine saw blades for wood work. I haven't looked at the metal saws.
... and it is even available for Playmobil ;D
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I think this is the first time I have seen your playmo dremel.
Very nice, tool master
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Ahhh the Dremel, i certainly would not be able to do 80% of the conversion work i do without my trusty Dremel :yup:. If your going to be using it as often as i use mine then i would certainly recommend going for one that is mains powered as opposed to one that runs on re-chargable battery's.
Regards Tim
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I'vr got a mians-powered Minicraft drill which also takes sanding discs and grinding wheels, but the minimum speed seems far too high.
Does the Dremel offer good low speeds?
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Hello Gordon / All
I allways keep my Dremel set at its lowest speed and this has allways been low enough to do most tasks i require. Wether this is faster or slower than the Minicraft's lowest setting i am not sure. I can allways have a look to see if the instructions show the different RPM's and you can compare them to the Minicraft.
Dremel's and Drilling
One thing i can safely say is that the Dremel is not good for drilling holes as it comes, due to how the speed is regulated. On normal drills you select your speed and then press the trigger to make it go, release it to slow it down or stop. With the Dremel you select your speed and it goes, flick the switch back down to zero and it will stop. There is no easy way you can controll the speed and accuratley drill a hole at the same time.
Regards Tim
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Thanks, Tim, that would be helpful.
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Does the Dremel offer good low speeds?
My Dremel is a pretty cheap one and is offering only two speeds, where I do operate
always on the lower one and it appears to be still too fast for sanding discs and playmo.
But I got a little buzz saw like blade for my dremel, which really became my friend for
all cuts I ever made on playmo...
best regards,
socrates
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I'll have to ask Santa (or Socrates ;D ) for a dremel for my stocking!
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Ask Santa for the higher end one, not the rechargeable. You'll be amazed at the uses you'll find for the thing. (a friend of mine uses hers for pedicures :o :P )
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On Friday, as a result of tis thread, I finally bought a Dremel. I got the cheaper of the mains-powered ones for £45 from Homebase. They had it on offer with a box of accessories for £40 or on offer the way I got it with a standard set of accessories, a storage case for the Dremel and accessories and a chuck. Another customer looking round seemed to know about Dremels and said that the offer with the extra accessories had a lot of stuff you'd rarely use, while the chuck would be useful for using larger accessories.
First job is some buffing up on the custom I'm working on.
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Congrats Gordon!
Next question...what's a chuck (here it's a non-royal Charles).
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It's a pair of jaws for holding larger diameter accessories such as drill bits. (It's the bit on the fornt of an electric drill which takes the drill bit.)
I've also ordered a drill stand, a small jaw vice to go with it and an accessory which acts as a guide for cutting rectangular holes in materials. This should allow me to make some low relief buildings for backdrops.
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It's a pair of jaws for holding larger diameter accessories such as drill bits. (It's the bit on the fornt of an electric drill which takes the drill bit.)
That's what they call it here, too (the part you tighten or loosen to replace drill bits).
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Thanks for the definition.
Rectangular holes...now I'm really impressed!
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Gordon,
now that you have had a bit of time to play with this marvelous tool, what are your opinions of it?
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I haven't had time to do anything with it yet. Monday, I was preparing for some training for yesterday. Yesterday, I was up at 5 and on my way at 6.30 to train some (in two cases very ill-mannered) teachers, and got home at 6.30 at night. Today and tomorrow, I've a service to write for Sunday. However, next week looks promising.
Fear not, though, I'll keep you posted.