What do I need a Dremel© tool for?

[illmatyk]

I bought my dremel when the HD here opened up almost 5 years or so ago. I have used it for various things like cutting up rounded off/stripped screws/bolt/nuts. Trimmed my cars center console piece to hold my turbo timer, and trim some other stuff like carbon fiber.

You may not use it all the time but when you do use, you will be thankful you bought it.

 

[Monte]

MD11, I really hope you are wrong.... [goes off to check, crossing fingers]

Here some EU made tools. There are more like the cheaper jig saw, "micromot 50" tools, electric carving tool, "FBS" grinder etc. etc...Of course not everything is from here, the engraver has no coo on the tool, there is a torch and a hot glue gun for € 12.50 without coo so probably china/Taiwan. The soldering iron has no coo too (iirc) but there are other options from other companies like soldering irons from japan or germany, glue guns from france and torches from ireland etc.

 

[MD11]

Why don't you call them Monte and ask them why they sell Chinese made tools in the US? Because I contacted two sellers here in the us, and their multi-tool "Dremel" like is made in China...

btw... how is it in Germany, you don't have a law that requires something to have "COO" on the box or tool itself? Here in the US, where we're a lot less "labor friendly" it's a law, or you can't sell it and the FTC will fine you.

 

[MD11]

well, from what I can see, this is made in Luxembourg, I ordered it and it would arrive tomorrow sometime... if it's made in China, it's going right back.. I'll report what I find.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FWXEO6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Monte]

Why don't you call them Monte and ask them why they sell Chinese made tools in the US? Because I contacted two sellers here in the us, and their multi-tool "Dremel" like is made in China....

hmm maybe "USA special"

i once emailed Proxxon about coo, the answer is here somewhere in a similar thread.
I think the response was that the majority of tools is made and assembled in Luxembourg with some german parts.

there are several claims in the net about "made in Luxembourg" for the "IB/E" model:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R18BEIBILLOSTB

http://festoolownersgroup.com/other-tools-accessories/proxxon-ibe/

http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-8481/Proxxon-Professional-Rotary-Tool

the cheaper rotary tool too:
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-8472/Proxxon-Precision-Rotary-Tool

other tools from Luxemburg:
for example:
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-8520/Proxxon-Detail-Sander
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-8526/Proxxon-Block-Belt-Sander
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-8544/Proxxon-Long-Neck-Grinder
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-8530/Proxxon-Super-Jig-Saw
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-8536/Proxxon-Belt-Sander
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-8060/Proxxon-Disc-Sander
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-7040/Proxxon-Micro-Planer
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-7110/Proxxon-Micro-Mill
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-7050/Proxxon-Micro-Shaper

the list goes on and on...

here chinese and a taiwanese tools:
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-8568/Proxxon-Plunge-Router
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-7160/Proxxon-Miter-Saw
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-7172/Proxxon-Micro-Band-Saw
http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/PX-7006/Proxxon-Bench-Circular-Saw


Some tools which are indicated as "Made in Luxembourg" are listed as "Imported" in catalogs. Not always "Imported" means "China" but sometimes "Luxembourg" ...

btw... how is it in Germany, you don't have a law that requires something to have "COO" on the box or tool itself? Here in the US, where we're a lot less "labor friendly" it's a law, or you can't sell it and the FTC will fine you.

no, a coo is not required. But some products have, usually when its a "good" coo like "Germany" but you also can find "Made in China" , some companies dont seem to have problems with that. Since it´s about the brand name anyway and the need or will to buy a certain product.

well, from what I can see, this is made in Luxembourg, I ordered it and it would arrive tomorrow sometime... if it's made in China, it's going right back.. I'll report what I find.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FWXEO6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

yeah let us know what you see. It´s on my wishlist too, who knows, maybe they shipped production overseas in the meantime...

 

[jthandyman]

I have a dremel, a foredom, rotozip and trim router, as well as a dumore small handheld die grinder and full size die grinder. These tools each come in handy with the right accessories, carbide bits, cut off weels, wire brushes sanding disks, let you imagination run wild, sure some jobs call for the larger tools but a dremel sweet for triming/grinding the strike plate on a door if the foundation/wall has shifted rater than makeing the mortise lager and having a void to fill.

 

[Squankum]

I've always found my Dremel tool handy. And you know what's handier than a Dremel tool? A cordless one!

I grab the cordless first. It's small and nimble. Once in a while I have to remind myself that the corded one has more speed and power to work with, and I stop and set it up. But only for the harder jobs.

Most recently, I had the pleasure of removing a leaking freeze plug on an engine and installing a new one, in a slightly awkward location. I had just bought a 90 degree air grinder and little flapper abrasive drum to clean up the 1.25" hole in the block, when I thought about it some more and realized, this is a machined hole, let's not machine it any further.

I cleaned it up with a wee wire wheel bit in my cordless Dremel. Nimble, cleaned it up in just a minute, didn't remove metal, just removed the dirty.

Like others here, I'm a big fan of the cutting discs for weird little metal projects, too.

 

[MD11]

Came today..... nice! For $135 made in Luxembourg and mini-tools made in Germany...

 

[Monte]

very good news !
Accessoires from Germany ! very good !

 

[Sick Puppy]

Thanks for that Monte, I remember you asking in that other thread too. Having said that, time moves on, as does 'progress'... or 'regress' lol

 

[Monte]

Thanks for that Monte, I remember you asking in that other thread too. Having said that, time moves on, as does 'progress'... or 'regress' lol

So did you buy one ?

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

I've found enough uses for the Dremel that I have come to like it...I had been using a huge Sears die grinder for everything like a Dremel job, and of course the power and violence were hard to handle on the jobs that were way to small for it.
Now I'm on to my usual problem with tools: Hate modern stuff, want an old metal and bakelite Dremel like I lusted over when I was 12...

 

[Monte]

Came today..... nice! For $135 made in Luxembourg and mini-tools made in Germany...

do you have some pics of the tool ?

 

[SMKS]

I find the cutoff wheel is my most used Dremel accessory. It works really well for cutting open oil filters or other small jobs.

 

[Sick Puppy]

So did you buy one ?

lol no point yet - we're moving to the UK for an unknown amount of time in a few months. We'll see whether we stay in the UK or either go back to NZ, or consider Australia. UK sees me buy one there (probably from Amazon), the latter two see me buy one from Proxxon AU - a Singapore firm sells it for cheaper, but the guy who runs it is a pretty good guy to deal with, I figure he's worth it.

 

[DocsMachine]

Oh my. Doc! I only knew you from looking at pictures of some wicked autocockers a few years back. Not very surprising that you'd be somewhere like here though.

-I get around.

I can vaguely remember... I think you made tips for the Freak barrel series. That was one of the parts that I wanted most.

-I still make those, among other things. I'm still firmly in the paintball biz.

Doc.

 

[Outlawmws]

First off it's not a Dremel© SNIP

So I have a question. Why the © on the Dremel name when it is a registered trademark not a copyright?


Dremel® (right off the website)

 

[Spurgeon76]

I used mine yesterday with a cut off wheel. I had to shorten my centerbolt valve cover bolts by about a 1/4". Apparently at $1500 a pair Air Flow Research is too cheap to make the threads in their cylinder heads deep enough for the stock fasteners.

 

[JayL]

a while ago i cut these small pins off the roof of my car which holds the chrome trim of the vinyl roof, the "Dremel" was the right tool for the job.

Is this a Micromot 50 and is the torque comparable to the AC model?

What Proxxon power supply unit are you using Monte?

Is it better to have variable speed control both at the tool and the power supply?

Thanks a lot.

 

[dandan111]

I notched out a model a windshield frame one time,It made a hard job easy.

 

[tribbles]

You can't be a WECSOG member and work on a FAL without one.

 

[Monte]

Is this a Micromot 50 and is the torque comparable to the AC model?

What Proxxon power supply unit are you using Monte?

Is it better to have variable speed control both at the tool and the power supply?

Thanks a lot.

yes its a Micromot 50. The power supply is the NG 2/E. You could also choose the 50/E with the NG 2/S. Should be the same i guess (???). Or the NG 5/E, works with both tools too. I dont know what is better i guess the NG 5/E (more amps) and since it has speed dial the Micromot 50 should work (as well as the FBS 12/EF of course).
I don´t own any of their 110Volt/230 Volt tools so i can´t compare the power. The papers say the Micromot has 40 Watt, the FBS 240/E and IB/E 100 Watt. Since the task of your wife seems to be light duty the Micromot tools might work good.
The IB/E is on my wish list but it can take until christmas until i have one so a comparison can take a while

 

[JayL]

@ Monte

Thanks a lot for the insights. Since I already purchased a Dremel 4000 I'd keep the Proxxon info for now and look into Foredom products too.

 

[redm18]

I have the black and Decker version. I just got done remodeling my bathroom and probably used it 25 times for lots of things. Cutting finger holes to pull of paneling, squaring up drywall to repair it , cutting wire mesh in dry wall corners, trimming holes in drywall for plumbing and electric, cutting heads off rusted screws in the floor boards and many more uses.

 

[andywander]

I do a lot of "fixing" things, so a couple of times a year, i use the dremel with a cutoff wheel to make a screwdriver slot in a broken-off screw, to get it out of the hole.

 

[ndoran]

i keep mine in my basement reloading/hobby room.

cutting out plastic dash panels for heater ducts in a golf cart

What?? Heater ducts on a golf cart????

 

[Justin1776]

They cut out small grout joints extremely well with the right bit. That being said I rarely ever use mine but I'm glad I have it.

 

[SantaAna12]

I use the cutoff wheels...the reinforced ones. I use the 3ft extension with stainless wire wheel attachment to get rust off sailboat engines when they are shoehorned under the sole....The diamond tip thing is quite handy too. Anyone know a source for the stainless wire wheels besides Dremel?

 

[crewchief888]

What?? Heater ducts on a golf cart????

guess i should say utility vehicle.

basically an overgrown "golf cart" 4x4 gas or diesel with a little dump bed.

enclosed cab/heater kits have to have holes cut in the dash for heater vents. many of them require some large holes in the top of the dash for wiring to salt spreder contols.

 

[JayL]

 

[DiscoBerry]

I got one for christmas and never used it lol

 

[Monte]

 

[NewShockerGuy]

I think my dremel is my most used tool... I've had one since I was a kid and modding computer cases... It's very handy, the small size is great for lots of stuff I do.

LOVE IT!

-Nigel

 

[mjl44]

Used mine recently to clean the corrosion build up on/in my trailer wiring harness prongs. Work really well.

 

[sjlee]

When I replaced the toilet in my mother's house, I used my rotary tool to cut the bolts after installing it as the bolts stuck up too high from the floor. It worked great (went through quite a few cutting discs though), but it was a bit of a pain to clean up all the metal shavings.

I've also used my rotary tool to cut drywall as well.

Be careful when using it free-hand though... I've got a little scar on my thumb to remind me why I have a vice.

 

[PECVD2]

I like the var-speed option but I also need one of these.

 

[bcradio]

I got one for christmas and never used it lol

Lol, you must be a couch tater.

Get up, get out in the garage and you'll definitely find many uses for it.

 

[GRX]

I have two Dremel type tools and hardly ever use them. Grossly under-powered for most of the work I do.

 

[Landlord_ZA]

I'm a kart racer and recently started building an enclosed trailer. Needed to cut the 25mm square tubing to fit a few small mortice locks. Borrowed my cousins cordless Dremel 8200 and started on the first lock. It worked so well that I went out and bought my own! Used the EZ SpeedClic metal cutting wheels and it ate through the 2mm mild steel quite easily. Finished the "holes" off using a grinding wheel attachment.

Now I use it mostly with cutting and grinding attachments to trim the ends of bolts (as every gram adds up on a racing kart) and trim plastics. Also, due to being so low to the ground, the bolts holding the floor pan on tend to chafe on the track, so I either reslot the heads or just cut them off and replace.

But I'm addicted to the thing so can't go to the hardware shop without buying more attachments and accessories ��. And then having to go around looking for places to use them LOL.

 

[wvrailroader]

I use mine for cutting bearing races that are hard to get a puller in to. I also make rings out of silver coins, so I use the polishing attachment quite a bit to put a good shine on them. There are some smaller jobs that they excel at and I can't imagine doing without mine.