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Title: Dremel type tool
Post by: adeshere on March 07, 2010, 09:54 PM: Hi,

I have soem DX's to restore, and was thinking of getting a dremel sort of tool to make the job easier

Anyone recomend a cheap but good one to go for ?
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: rollin72 on March 07, 2010, 09:56 PM: dont get a cheap one itll burn out after 5mins use, get a dremel :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: AtariAger on March 07, 2010, 10:01 PM: Quote from: rollin72 on March 07, 2010, 09:56 PM
dont get a cheap one itll burn out after 5mins use, get a dremel :daumenhoch:

...+1...

:daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: dj_benice on March 07, 2010, 10:02 PM: +2
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: HUTCHMAN on March 07, 2010, 10:11 PM: i don't find that the Dremel tools last very long... perhaps i'm being too heavy handed.
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: dj_benice on March 07, 2010, 10:36 PM: Quote from: HUTCHMAN on March 07, 2010, 10:11 PM
i don't find that the Dremel tools last very long... perhaps i'm being too heavy handed.
Possibly, mine must be 4/5 years old now ;)
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: HUTCHMAN on March 07, 2010, 11:09 PM: the Dremel itself is fine,i just find the wire wheels/polishing mops/grinding stones don't last long.
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: brummie on March 07, 2010, 11:41 PM: Quote from: HUTCHMAN on March 07, 2010, 11:09 PM
the Dremel itself is fine,i just find the wire wheels/polishing mops/grinding stones don't last long.

x2 good tool though :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: adeshere on March 08, 2010, 04:39 PM: ok, where is the best place to get a dremel from ?
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: dj_benice on March 08, 2010, 05:36 PM: Quote from: HUTCHMAN on March 07, 2010, 11:09 PM
the Dremel itself is fine,i just find the wire wheels/polishing mops/grinding stones don't last long.

Yup agreed he wire wheels spit bristles the minute they get near anything and have had a few grinding stones disintegrate/snap off whole whilst deburring, B & Q do a cheap 170 piece set still pretty gack quality but at the price doesn't feel too bad ;)

Quote from: adeshere on March 08, 2010, 04:39 PM
ok, where is the best place to get a dremel from ?

Got mine at B & Q basically as were cheapest I could find at time...
Title: Re: Dremel type tool
Post by: rollin72 on March 08, 2010, 05:44 PM: wilkinsons