Dremel tool

Michael Press said:

(John Forrest Tomlinson) said:

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

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

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 [censored]--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 Johnson said:

John Forrest Tomlinson said:

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 [censored]--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
(_)/ (_) |

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:08:57 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

[snip non-David revelations]

Quoted message said:

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

Quoted message said:

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:08:57 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

[snip non-David revelations]

Quoted message said:

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

Mark Hickey said:

Quoted message said:

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:08:57 -0400, "David L. Johnson"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

[snip non-David revelations]

Quoted message said:

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

David Johnson said:

helps. I had a cordless one, and the design was [censored]--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

My Craftsman does not have that design. It has a proper dial
separated properly from the battery...
--
Rick Onanian

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 08:49:37 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I have a Craftsman 9.6v cordless that works great, but I wish I also
had a corded one.

Update!

I just came back from the deep discount store, which had corded
generic tools for $20. They had one missing the bits for $10, so I
bought it. What a difference!

It's no louder or rougher than my Craftsman 9.6v. It boasts a higher
top speed of 30,000 rpm (vs. the cordless 25,000). And, it's got the
kind of torque I've always wanted in the other one!

However, there is a downside to all that torque. While testing it to
get a feel for it's torque, I overheated my diamond wheel, and
discolored a portion of it.

Also while there, I found a 25 pack of glueless automotive patches.
I intend to try them on tubes, but I bet they'll be great tire
boots. Why do I have such a fascination with alternative tube and
tire repair materials and techniques?
--
Rick Onanian

ZeeExSixAre said:

Quoted message said:

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 [censored]. 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

I second that. Friend of mine added a big set of punches to his Harbor
Freight order. He didn't need them but couldn't pass up the price.
Later he told me, incredulous, "Those punches are [censored]. I dropped one
and it shattered like glass." Makes ya wince to think what would have
happened if he'd struck that punch with a hammer!