Dremel tool

Zeeexsixare

> If you have a Harbor Freight tool store in your area, they
> sell a decent Dremel clone for about $20. Looks just like
> the Dremel I bought for $65.

It's total crap. If you try to cut paper with it, it will
stop turning just from the friction.

It is also insanely unbalanced and vibrates your hand
completely numb within seconds.

DON'T buy into their prices... it's cheap for a reason.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

David L. Johnso

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 04:53:57 -0700, John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:

> I'm thinking of getting one, mainly for cutting cable
> housing. Does it matter what model? Is the cordless one
> powerful enough? Is variable or dual speed important?

The newer (variable speed) cordless Dremel is the one tool I
will not do without. It does much more than cut cable
housing; it cuts water pipe, type-NM electrical cable, etc.

Cordless is powerful enough. Used to be not the case, but
now it is. AFAIK it only comes in variable speed.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | Accept risk. Accept responsibility. Put a lawyer
out of _`\(,_ | business. (_)/ (_) |

Donald Gillies

usenetremove@jt10000.com (John Forrest Tomlinson) writes:

>I'm thinking of getting one, mainly for cutting cable
>housing. Does it matter what model? Is the cordless one
>powerful enough? Is variable or dual speed important?

I like it at $20 (generic, variable speed) from KMart. Don't
worry about the dremel corporation; they make a ton of money
by selling the bits to me (currently at $100 and counting.)

This is the most useful power tool i've ever owned. The top
five applications, from a bike restorer's perspective, are
as follows:

a. brass/steel wire brush for de-rusting chrome parts
b. grinding bit(s) for shrinking bolt heads
c. buffing wheels and compound for polishing steel /
aluminum / newly chromed items.
d. flap wheel for prepping badly rusted surfaces for new
brush chroming
e. cutoff wheel for shortening bolts :-)

Don't forget to buy good goggle and NEVER TURN ON A DREMEL
WITHOUT GOGGLES ON. In particular, the wire brushes can
expel metal splinters in 360 degree directions, e.g. into
skin and eyes.

- Don Gillies San Diego, CA

Tom Sherman

Michael Press wrote:

> usenetremove@jt10000.com (John Forrest Tomlinson) wrote:
>
>>I'm thinking of getting one, mainly for cutting cable
>>housing. Does it matter what model? Is the cordless one
>>powerful enough? Is variable or dual speed important?
>>
>>JT
>
>
> I've always wanted one but haven't been able to figure out
> exactly what I'd use it for.
>
> What kind of things is a Dremel good for w.r.t. bike
> maintenance?
>
> What about other uses around the house?

Dremel tools are used in veterinary dentistry.

--
Tom Sherman – Quad City Area

David Johnson

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 04:53:57 -0700, John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:

> I'm thinking of getting one, mainly for cutting cable
> housing. Does it matter what model? Is the cordless one
> powerful enough? Is variable or dual speed important?
>
> JT

The cordless is powerful enough, but the extra power of the
corded ones helps. I had a cordless one, and the design was
crap--The variable speed was done by combining the battery
contacts and the switch. If you looked in where the battery
goes, and turned the switch, you'd see the battery contacts
rotate. If they have improved that design, I might consider
cordless again. I'm happy with my corded Black and Decker
clone, considerably cheaper, and good enough.

David L. Johnso

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:56:14 -0400, David Johnson wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 04:53:57 -0700, John Forrest
> Tomlinson wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking of getting one, mainly for cutting cable
>> housing. Does it matter what model? Is the cordless one
>> powerful enough? Is variable or dual speed important?
>>
>> JT
>
> The cordless is powerful enough, but the extra power of
> the corded ones helps. I had a cordless one, and the
> design was crap--The variable speed was done by combining
> the battery contacts and the switch. If you looked in
> where the battery goes, and turned the switch, you'd see
> the battery contacts rotate. If they have improved that
> design, I might consider cordless again. I'm happy with my
> corded Black and Decker clone, considerably cheaper, and
> good enough.

Always good to find another David Johnson.... I had one of
those old cordless Dremels, and when it died I was not
unhappy. Went to get a corded one, but found that the new
cordless was much, much better than the old one. I don't
feel any need for a corded Dremel now.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | When you are up to your ass in alligators, it's
hard to remember _`\(,_ | that your initial objective was
to drain the swamp. -- LBJ (_)/ (_) |

carlfogel

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:08:57 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
<david.johnson@lehigh.edu> wrote:

[snip non-David revelations]

>Always good to find another David Johnson....

[snip]

Dear Davids,

The plethora of Davids on rec.bicycles.tech was already
dismaying. Now you're starting to use each other's last
names. Have you considered using your middle names?

Goliath

Mark Hickey

carlfogel@comcast.net wrote:

>On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:08:57 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
><david.johnson@lehigh.edu> wrote:
>
>[snip non-David revelations]
>
>>Always good to find another David Johnson....
>
>[snip]
>
>Dear Davids,
>
>The plethora of Davids on rec.bicycles.tech was already
>dismaying. Now you're starting to use each other's last
>names. Have you considered using your middle names?

Reminds me of an old story. Two farmers had one horse
each, and couldn't tell the two apart. So one of them
notched the ear of his horse. That worked fine until the
other farmer's horse got his ear caught on a barbed wire
fence and got an identical notch. So one of them trimmed
the tail of his horse, and all was well until the other
horse's tail got caught in the horse trailer's gate and
shortened the same amount.

Finally they figured out a way to tell for sure. The white
horse was two inches taller than the black one.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of
the $695 ti frame

carlfogel

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:16:16 -0700, Mark Hickey
<mark@habcycles.com> wrote:

>carlfogel@comcast.net wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:08:57 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
>><david.johnson@lehigh.edu> wrote:
>>
>>[snip non-David revelations]
>>
>>>Always good to find another David Johnson....
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>Dear Davids,
>>
>>The plethora of Davids on rec.bicycles.tech was already
>>dismaying. Now you're starting to use each other's last
>>names. Have you considered using your middle names?
>
>Reminds me of an old story. Two farmers had one horse
>each, and couldn't tell the two apart. So one of them
>notched the ear of his horse. That worked fine until the
>other farmer's horse got his ear caught on a barbed wire
>fence and got an identical notch. So one of them trimmed
>the tail of his horse, and all was well until the other
>horse's tail got caught in the horse trailer's gate and
>shortened the same amount.
>
>Finally they figured out a way to tell for sure. The white
>horse was two inches taller than the black one.
>
>Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home
>of the $695 ti frame

Dear Mark,

It must be clearly understood that I am not advocating
notching the ears of all the Daves on rec.bicycles.tech.

If paint-balls do not come in a wide enough range of colors,
then ear-tags should suffice to mark the Daves.

Branding, of course, is a last resort.

Carl Fogel