What are Dremels for?

[Dave Plowman]

I use a jigsaw with a blade broken down to a suitable length.

[IMM]

They do a lot more. The PP PRo version is beefy and also has a router base. £50 get you one in Focus.

[PoP]

I bought mine on ebay for £25, and it included a circle cutting attachment. I haven't used the latter yet but it looks pretty handy for cutting out smaller circles, say 20mm - 100mm.

There are a whole load of Rotozips on ebay on any day of the week, all going for £20-ish. Brand new too (as mine was).

PoP

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[John Laird]

Christmas.

HTH.

[Paul Mc Cann]

Many years ago in answer to multiple reqests and in fear of more after shave and deodorant I marked up an Axminster catalogue with all those stupid thing one would like but wouldn't buy. I ensured there was a good variation on the prices .

It worked a treat, The winner was a dozuki (sp) saw which I use regularly. The loser was the digital tape measure. I realised as soon as I first used it that the whole concept of such things is flawed, also, despit being Mitutoyo (sp), the quality of the tape itself was junk and it bent at the tip at the least provocation.

This year I passed round the Felder pecial Christmas catalogue and live in hope ;-)

Paul Mc Cann

[N. Thornton]

And dont use araldite for fillings either. Last case I heard of that the chap was getting a tumour removed from his jawbone where he'd done the filling. Ouch. I guess its not meant for that after all.

Wish I could do me own teeth ;)

Regards, NT

[Steve Firth]

Yes, failure to press key.

£30, or £29.99 if you want accuracy to the p.

[stuart noble]

But so is a £3 plasterboard saw, with a lot less dust.

[Mark S.]

If it's like mine it sits in it's box until you remember you have it then the job you were fiddling about with takes seconds rather than hours. ;-)

Wouldn't be without it.

And the cut off discs are rubbish - they break and fly off all over the place so buy some reinforced ones instead.

Mark S.

[geoff]

In message , N. Thornton writes

You can get diy dental kits from camping shops and such if you really want. More temporary until you can reach civilisation than as a perm. Solution - go for it.

[IMM]

Avoid Rotozips. They have been discontinued and difficult to get parts and bits for them.

[IMM]

"stuart noble" >plasterboard,

Rotozips are brilliant at cutting holes in tiles while on the wall.

[geoff]

In message , IMM writes

Well that's not actually true, although they were bought out by a competitor, parts still seem freely available and my local hardware shop don't seem to think there will be any problems for the foreseeable future

[IMM]

Famous last words. They are no longer sold in the UK. It is a matter of time before the parts and bits dry up. probably sooner rather than later.

The PP Pro is the best bet. Cheaper and probably less chance of disappearing. The Focus model also uses the same bits.

[Andy Hall]

..... and spare parts are available? Like for Erbauer products?

.andy

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[stefek.zaba]

As others have already said, not an "essential day-to-day" tool, but I've found mine (Axminster-white knockoff) to be the bees knees on rare (but useful) occasions. Most often used with the diamond-coated offcut wheel: in that guise, for creating slots in screws that have either been knanjjered or weren't meant to be turned by Mere Mortals not in possession of the right tool. But also for performing delicate(ish) surgery on electronic kit: memorably, fairly recently, on a microATX boxed-up system a cow-orker had a couple of. The permanent storage on this was intended to be a flashcard, which lifted in and out OK with the lid off. The cow-orker wanted to use a Microdrive instead: no problem with the electrical and logical connection, but physically the board had to be taken out of the case each time the drive was dis- or re-connected, because of a silly little bit of retaining metal which made it impossible to tip it up at enough of an angle to get it over the lip of the case. A little bit of attitude readjustment with the Dremel-a-like, and the cow-orker can now do a splendid imitation of Eeyore on his birthday: "look, it goes in!!! And it comes out!!! And it goes in again!!!!!! Thank you, Piglet, for such a

*thoughtful* present."

But, given its size, I certainly would *not* use it for building a heffalump trap ;-)

So, I see it as one of those specialist tools: stays in its case from one month to the next, but when it's just the job, it's wonderful. No point if you don't do delicate work from time to time, though. Oh, and the Axminster sets of resharpened "silicon valley" microdrills and microburrs are not bad value: I've used them for putting really quite small holes into things for running little wire loops through 'em for better attachment. (No, not nipple rings, since you ask.)

HTH - Stefek

[Andrew]

Better still, Expo tools

where they're being sold off. Unfortunately, Minicraft were bought by Rotozip and have now closed down along with Rotozip UK.

[Mary Fisher]

First DIY Dentistry. Now DIY body piercing.

I'm not going to let Spouse near this thread.

Mary

[g.harman]

Well I would not recommend it to all but one Christmas Eve I suffered a broken tooth. No pain from the tooth but a really nasty sharp spike was left in a position that any movement from talking and eating caused it to lacerate a section of tongue.

Stuck with the option of finding emergency dental work over the Christmas period and calling off a round tour of relatives and friends some of whom were relying on me for transport, which was planned to finish in Scotland for Hogmanay. The solution was found in the use of the Minicraft cordless drill ,a small burr and a mirror. just dulled the sharp spike enough to stop it digging in , and got a professional to look at in the first week of January.

It was a good trip .Won a gallon of Whisky in the New years Draw in a Scottish Bar. I can here the Cry now ."The Sassenach has won the Whisky!" To preserve the rest of my teeth I passed it around. Actually they were a friendly lot and from previous visits had gathered it was the thing to do.

G.Harman.

[IMM]

Never tried. I see no reason why not.