Coordless Dremel Tool - Will it do the job?

[MrCow]

Hi I was thinking of putting a window on the side of my case, and I heard alot about the dremel tools.

I was wondering if my 15,000 RPM battery powered dremel tool would be strong enough to do the job.

Also I heard that you should go buy re-inforced cut-off wheels instead of using the standard ones because the standard breaks too easily.

Can anyone give me a opinion on this?

 

[CStroman]

You can use a dremel, but the job will take quite a bit of time. Most people use jigsaws with metal-cutting blades to do the straight and almost straight lines when cutting windows, and use their dremels to do the tight curves and complex images.

 

[punkrawket]

<< battery powered dremel tool would be strong enough to do the job. >>

well yes and no........ yes it'll work, but since it's battery operated you'll have to take breaks often to let it recharge.. and it won't be as powerful as a corded one

 

[mrCide]

i thought it would.. after pain stakingly waiting for the 15k to cut, and the battery dying (or not being powerful enough) i just gave up and bought a simple 30k single speed corded dremel, did the job much faster.... course a jigsaw is good too

 

[FlowerMan]

Cordless tools suck, IMO Like punkrawket said, you'll be taking a lot of recharge breaks