I've cut rusted nuts and bolts from my cars. I've cut a stuck gas pipe
in my house (after shutting off and removing the gas, of course)
without damaging the threads of the pipe threaded into it. I've
drilled holes in tight places. I've smoothed/grinded metal parts.
Lots of electronics hobbyists use it to drill holes in homemade circuit
boards.
I don't think they'd have much use for woodworking, though.
Mike
Billy Smith wrote:
> I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
Only use I ever found for a Dremel tool was cutting duct tape.
they're indispensable for many jobs. Use rubbing compound on the polishers
for brass before clear coating. Use the sanding drums for contouring wood,
like fitting trim around pipes - this is fast. Cut screws (say from 3/4" to
.650") to maximize grip before installing. I drill holes in a thin scrap
piece of wood with the point sticking through the amount I want to cut off,
and use the cutting wheels to cut them off to length flush with the wood
scrap. Cut 30 at a time, the tip don't matter - this is fast too. The
fiberglass re-inforced wheels are expensive, but way better than the regular
wheels- well worth the money. Anybody without one is just steps from
caveman. grind your own screw heads for a slot screwdriver. ...
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i don't think that a cordless would make much difference in what i use
em for. i am looking at getting a foredom flexshaft of some sort and a
dotco pnuematic pencil grinder as well. i currently have a ryobi that i
use fairly regurlaly. but i make knives and build models in balsa
plastic and resin, make jewelry and other stuff as well(yeah i know i
have way to many interests) as well as woodworking. they are very
useful, i used my ryobi to cut a frozen lug nut on one of the wheels of
my truck a few weeks ago.
Billy Smith wrote:
> I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
> Thanks,
> Billy
>
>
With the brush attachment, nice for brushing the teeth. Gets a little
warm, though.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
Mary had a little lamb, a little beef,
a little ham.
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Sharpening my chainsaw, hedge clippers, and lawnmower blade. Tuning
the bottom of the keys on the tongue drums I made. The planer
attachment works great to remove 1/64 of material on wood. The
reciprocal saw attachment for cutting sheet rock. Somebody recently
showed me he uses the router attachment to finish the flats on the
bottom of his dovetails so they are all exactly the same depth. It's
just one of those tools, for the money, that is worth having for that
occasional "perfect" use. It is well made and the accessories and
attachments are inexpensive.
-jtpr
Oleg Lego wrote:
> Cutting screw slots in stripped screws/bolts.
Tried that, worked great.
> Removing grout from tile walls.
Saw it done, worked great.
Also cut a drain pipe from inside, beautiful.
One of my friends got one for Christmas several years ago. I think the
only time he used it was to carve a pumpkin.
Tom in KY, nice to have, maybe not necessary.
MAN! What a great idea! Mine will pay for itself just for the kid's
dental work alone! Why didn't I think of that....
Zz Yzx wrote:
> I use mine with small burr bits for family dentistry, even for the
> pets.
>
> Talk about a money-saver.
>
> -Zz
>
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:51 GMT, "Billy Smith"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> >known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> >but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> >a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Billy
> >
> > >I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> > >known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> > >but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> > >a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Billy
> > >
I have the sears version & made a edge routing base. I used a metal
tap (I think 3/4 x 3tpi?- used a pitch gage to figure it out & have
slept since then) to cut threads into a piece of 1/2" maple. Glued it
to another piece of wood. Then used a drill bit to center the hole up
on the drill press & drilled a 3/8" hole into the other piece of wood.
Then used the bandsaw to cut thru the edge of the hole lengthwise so
only a little of the 3/8" hole edge showed thru. Used the dremel to
widen the slot a little. Then I removed the screw-on cover, added a
3/16" router bit (with 1/8th shank), screwed on my little 'fence' and
used it to rout a real tiny rabbet in the edge of a piece of wood.
Depth of cut is controlled by unscrewing the 'fence' & resetting the
depth of the bit in the collet. I could have used a rabbeting bit with
a dremel router base, but did not have either & was short of funds at
the time. I WAS going to use it to cut the binding slot in my mandolin
I was making at the time, but chickened out-- was too afraid of
tear-out in the soft spruce. Will most likely use it on my next
instrument. I think I'm a little braver now.
Phil
[email protected] wrote:
> I've cut rusted nuts and bolts from my cars. I've cut a stuck gas pipe
> in my house (after shutting off and removing the gas, of course)
> without damaging the threads of the pipe threaded into it. I've
> drilled holes in tight places. I've smoothed/grinded metal parts.
> Lots of electronics hobbyists use it to drill holes in homemade circuit
> boards.
>
> I don't think they'd have much use for woodworking, though.
>
> Mike
>
Lets see--here's what I've used one for recently (all related to guitar
bulding):
1) Routed circular channels in an acoustic guitar top to install the
rosette
2) Routed rabbets in the edge of the guitar top & back to install
decorative bindings
3) Make minor adjustments to various wood parts of guitar necks,
bodies, etc.
4) Enlarge holes for guitar tuning pegs
5) Make adjustments to neck-to-body-joints of electric and acoustic guitars
6) Make minor changes to pickup cavities in electric guitars and basses
My next task will be to cut out the sound hole in that acoustic guitar
top mentioned in #1 above, using the same circle-cutting jig that I used
to install the rosette.
I have two Dremel tools - one AC powered and the other battery powered.
The Battery powered one doesn't see much use since I got the other
one--it was pretty short on power.
As a guitar builder, I find the Dremel to be a tool I could not survive
without.
--Steve
In article <[email protected]>, Mike O.
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I use mine for cutting small stuff or grinding small stuff.
Pretty much sums up how I use mine.
--
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
- Mark Twain.
TV ads.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've cut rusted nuts and bolts from my cars. I've cut a stuck gas pipe
> in my house (after shutting off and removing the gas, of course)
> without damaging the threads of the pipe threaded into it. I've
> drilled holes in tight places. I've smoothed/grinded metal parts.
> Lots of electronics hobbyists use it to drill holes in homemade circuit
> boards.
>
> I don't think they'd have much use for woodworking, though.
>
> Mike
>
HI,
I do a lot of small grinding and cut-off with
mine. At work someone else lost the keys to a
dozen pad locks, and cut then all off. At home I
use mine to do some carving, but I really like it
as a tiny router. I admit the I could be a wimp,
but in a router base, the dremel makes short work
of mortising for hinges.
Thanks
Roger Haar
Billy Smith wrote:
>
> I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
> Thanks,
> Billy
Billy Smith wrote:
> I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
I've used mine with a diamond-tipped bit to grind out chips in the lips
of glasses that have been dropped (or have banged together in the
dishwasher), so that they're safely usable again.
- Brooks
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John Doe wrote:
> What do you all think about cordless rotary tools versus more powerful
> plug-in types? I've got a Dremel Advantage with a FlexShaft. Thinking
> about buying a rechargeable type.
>
> http://www.dremelstore.us/dr80lico.html
I bought one of the Dremel MiniMite cordless tools (the predecessor to
the one you link to, I think) instead of a corded one, and I wish I had
a "proper" one instead.
Admittedly, this may be slightly colored by the fact that the battery
pack in mine died on the charger after a few weeks, but I rewired it to
use a model-train transformer instead, which IMHO is a marked
improvement; it has excellent speed control and weighs a lot less, and
the wires aren't a big deal for me.
The problem with it, in my opinion, is that it seems terribly
underpowered (and it did on the batteries, too). It starts bogging down
on just about any load, and is quite easy to stall -- and that's with
just very small burrs; I haven't even tried using a cutoff wheel in it.
Nonetheless, for very light loads, it's pretty useful; I build plastic
scale model cars, and it's great for most of what I need for that.
I'm not sure if the "50% more power" that the one you linked to
advertises would be enough to make it not feel underpowered or not. It
will certainly be less powerful than a corded one, but may still be
powerful enough for what you want, particularly as a second tool rather
than your only one.
- Brooks
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"Billy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:zJbJf.42276$CZ4.18709@trnddc05...
>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
> Thanks,
> Billy
>
>
I use one for all kinds of things... yesterday I used my rotory tool to
grind a skeleton key down that I picked up at an antique store to work in an
old door in a house I am rehabing.
I also use it for:
drilling quick small holes
cutting off nails/screws (like off of the backside of old trim so it can be
easily reused)
cutting plastic, wood, sheetmetal, etc
cutting formica counter tops for sinks (large version)
grinding metal
sharpening
and I have probably used it for other things that I just cant recall right
now.
Try that with a cat.
"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Billy Smith wrote:
>
> > I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> > known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> > but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> > a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Billy
> >
> >
> grinding my dog's toenails down.
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:30:36 GMT, Australopithecus scobis
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:31:17 -0800, Larry Blanchard opined:
>
>> I used a cutting disk in a Dremel to cut screwdriver slots in
>> the top (un-headed) end.
>
>Were the resulting slots different from those made by a hacksaw? (That
>is asked in an inquiring, not a snotty, tone.)
Yep. You can get a nice deep slot using a dremel that doesn't extend to the
edges of the head. Easy to turn it into a Philips drive as well.
I use mine, all three of them, for working on my slot cars. They're just
about a necessity.
John E.
"Billy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:zJbJf.42276$CZ4.18709@trnddc05...
> I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
> Thanks,
> Billy
>
>
Billy Smith wrote:
> I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
> Thanks,
> Billy
>
>
Mostly for cutting things in-place. Like screws, and floor drain pipe
while its in the floor.
My recommendation though is to use it on metal. I cut some shims
yestarday and all but started a fire. I cut some PVC pipe and stunk up
the basement with what was probably toxic fumes. But it was the only
way to do the job.
--
Thank you,
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16
Small jobs in tight places and for hobbies. I build model ships and use
mine all the time. WIll be startinf a couple dollhouses soon and will
use them extensively there too.
John
Billy Smith wrote:
> I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
> Thanks,
> Billy
>
>
"Billy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
> Thanks,
> Billy
I had to make a couple of handles for jigs, that looked like handsaw
handles. So, I just took a saw handle, traced it and made a template. Used
the laminate trimmer and I cut out the blank, and used various tools to
clean it up.
I used a 3/8 round over bit, on most of the handle, but on the inside of the
handle,
The ultra-small sanding drums proved invaluable for cleaning up and shaping
the inside of the new jig handle.
I don't have a dremel, but the B&D equilivant.
James...
"Billy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker
With a Foredom Typhoon bur, you can carve wood like butter.
http://tinyurl.com/9e9o7
I think mine is the KB18715. I don't use it much, I'm not a
woodworker like these guys, but I get a distinct feeling of power
using the rotary tool with a bit like that. I want more.
>
> or general handyman use these things for?
It's probably proportional to the amount of handyman stuff you do.
I have the powerful one with a FlexShaft, but I am considering
buying a cordless rotary tool.
Have fun.
Gerald Ross <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
> With the brush attachment, nice for brushing the teeth. Gets a
> little warm, though.
I love electric toothbrushes. Rotary tools are making their way into
the house at last. Recently, I bought my maid a rotary dish brush,
the one by Black & Decker. It's the first I've seen with a long
bristle brush attachment as an accessory. No more cramming one's
hand into most size glasses. They say use alkalines but NiMHs do
fine.
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:51 GMT, "Billy Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
>known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
>but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
>a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
>Thanks,
>Billy
>
The Dremel is for that strange job where any "real" power tool woul be
a serious risk to fingers and you don't mind spending a while. I have
also used it to trim up those places in Formica you can't get to.
It is handy for taking apart things that are not supposed to be taken
apart like battery packs.
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:51 GMT, "Billy Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
>known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
>but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
>a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
I don't think I've ever used mine for woodworking, but I do use it for
small things, cutting screws, drilling holes, grinding, etc. It's
handy when you need to do things in tight spaces where you can't get a
full-sized tool.
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:51 GMT, "Billy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
>known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
>but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
>a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
>Thanks,
>Billy
>
I bought a deluxe one for the wife for Christmas for her carving and wood
burning..
First thing she used it for, (and it's most common use for her), was to do her
nails... *g*
I thought it was pretty funny, using power tools for nails, but she told me that
all of the local nail places use Dremels... whodathunkit..
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:51 GMT, "Billy Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
>known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
>but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
>a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
>Thanks,
>Billy
>
We use it to grind the dogs nails - easier than clipping and leaves
them with zero arm shredding snags afterwards.
Ditto on the other's comments too
Warren
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Billy Smith wrote:
> I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
> known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
> but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
> a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
I use one for:
Coping molding with a pointed carbide burr
Small, light-duty grinding tasks
Cutting bolts with a fiberglass wheel
Most of the stuff they show them doing in commercials are a bit of a
stretch. <G>
Barry
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:31:17 -0800, Larry Blanchard opined:
> I used a cutting disk in a Dremel to cut screwdriver slots in
> the top (un-headed) end.
Were the resulting slots different from those made by a hacksaw? (That
is asked in an inquiring, not a snotty, tone.)
--
"Keep your ass behind you"
wreck20051219 at spambob.net
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:51 GMT, "Billy Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
>known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
>but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
>a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
I use mine for cutting small stuff or grinding small stuff.
I saw a plumber cut copper pipe with one up behind a sink.
A friend of mine use his to put the finished shape on pipes that he
smokes.
Usually I don't even think about using the thing until I'm finished
doing something that would have been a lot easier if I had just
thought about the Dremel.
Mike O.
I use mine with small burr bits for family dentistry, even for the
pets.
Talk about a money-saver.
-Zz
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:51 GMT, "Billy Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
>known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
>but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
>a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
>Thanks,
>Billy
>
The Billy Smith entity posted thusly:
>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
>known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
>but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
>a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
Polishing, sanding, grinding small stuff.
Grinding sharp burrs off bottoms of newly fired stoneware.
Cutting hard metal things (Allen keys, for instance).
Cutting softer metal things (screws, bolts, etc.)
Drilling teeny little holes.
Engraving stuff.
Cutting screw slots in stripped screws/bolts.
Removing grout from tile walls.
Routing small slots, etc.
Much more... nice tool. I've had mine for 25+ years.
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:49:51 GMT, "Billy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I keep seeing Dremel tools for sale but I've never
>known anyone who uses them. I'm primarily a woodworker
>but I do whatever repairs I can on my house. What does
>a woodworker or general handyman use these things for?
>
>Thanks,
>Billy
>
Small stuff....
I use the little bitty drum sanders to make dowels fit through holes, the wheels
and brushes for deburring small stuff, etc...
Anything that you need to do and can't get a "real" drill or grinder into...
Most folks use them on too big of things, IMHO... That's like using a skillsaw
to cut compound miters...
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
The [email protected] entity posted thusly:
>On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:30:36 GMT, Australopithecus scobis
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:31:17 -0800, Larry Blanchard opined:
>>
>>> I used a cutting disk in a Dremel to cut screwdriver slots in
>>> the top (un-headed) end.
>>
>>Were the resulting slots different from those made by a hacksaw? (That
>>is asked in an inquiring, not a snotty, tone.)
>
>Yep. You can get a nice deep slot using a dremel that doesn't extend to the
>edges of the head. Easy to turn it into a Philips drive as well.
I like being able to use a burr to cut slots in screw heads that are
recessed, without damaging the surrounding work.