My brother asked me about a hobby drill - and I'm not well up on what's around these days as I'm happy with the ones I've got. He mentioned Dremel
- I think them overpriced for what they are.
Mains (low voltage) would be fine since it won't move from his hobby bench. Any best buys?
Lidl are doing a Parkside one from 23rd Jan. 16.99ukp with a selection of bits n bobs.
HTH
Die grinders. There are lots of small low voltage ones that are pants, not really useful for any bit bigger than engraving bits.
NT
=A0 London SW
Know someone who engraves stones, artistic rather than memorial, he`s on to his third dremel in 5 years, of heavy abuse, if they`re used heavily they are well made.
Lidl one coming up is missing the vital flexi drive, mebbe Aldi`s is due in soon.
Cheers Adam
Similarly, site metallurgists use them when examining welds. Expensive, but they tolerate abuse. For domestic use a Draper or Lidl/Aldi should be OK.
Rechargeables can be useful (e.g. on the car) but battery life not very good. Get a mains one for continuous use or if you don't need portability
I have a Lidl re-chargable and it's pretty good - although much larger than a corded one. But has a poor charger - it charges fast but cooks the batteries if left on. One use it gets quite a bit is to grind the rust out of a stone chip on the car - using a diamond burr - before touching up . And the batteries have a good enough life for that.
The Lidl corded one looks ok - and a lot cheaper than a Dremel. I've found Lidl power tools fine and excellent value. And it has a three year warranty.
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