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has anyone used a dremmel tool before? are there other brands?

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Clocker

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Hi I am doing some home improvement and was wondering if anyone used these things and if it is the best brand out there.

What are your experiences with a dremmel and where did you buy yours??

Thanks
 
WTF does Dremel have to do with home improvement? 😕

I went up until last year without one, and I've done a helluva lot of home improvement. Snagged mine from Sears with the Craftsman name stamped on it. It is actually a Dremmel, but the Sears version was the best deal to be found anywhere at the time. I've used it about 3 times in the past year. I guess it has its place, but it ain't much of a "home improvement" tool.
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
Hell, I could return mine, and never miss it! It's almost never the right tool for the job.
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It's rarely the perfect tool, but unless you have a ton of other tools, it's often a good enough tool.
 
I use mine for my rc plane. It's great for cutting and shaping balsa wood.

I have the cordless one my brother gave me.
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
Hell, I could return mine, and never miss it! It's almost never the right tool for the job.
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Yeah, a pneumatic grinder is almost always better. Still, a Dremmel is tool can definitely come in handy. It's just so much easier to use a Dremmel to cut off old bolts or to grind metal down. Sure you can do it manually, but it takes forever.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
You grind off bolts with it?! :Q

Mine has had quite an easy life. I'm going to put that SOB to work!
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With the right cutting wheel a Dremmel can do almost anything those little pneumatic grinders can do.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
You grind off bolts with it?! :Q

Mine has had quite an easy life. I'm going to put that SOB to work!
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They're made to be abused.
SKOORB what do you think about the cordless version it also has 35000 rpm capabilities.

thanks
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I'm not sure! I generally hate battery powered tools because I hate any device that relies on batteries and you'll eventually have to worry about old/dying rechargeables
 
Originally posted by: Ornery
Hell, I could return mine, and never miss it! It's almost never the right tool for the job.
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I agree with this, I've had one for 3 years now and have probably used it 20 times. In those 20 times I've managed to use up all 400 bits and pieces that came with the kit, and hardly solved any acutal problems with it. I recently used up my last 3 grinding bits (are these things really supposed to be used up on every job you try to do with them???) when I found the one thing it's actually good for - cutting through metal rubber-coated-wire-shelving like you find in closets etc. That was the first time the dremel really seemed like the right tool for the job.

I also suspect it might be useful for polishing things, but haven't quite figured out what I'd want to polish that would be that small.
 
"...haven't quite figured out what I'd want to polish that would be that small."

I bought mine specifically for cleaning up the corrosion on my wife's alloy wheels, especially around the valve stem, using a tiny wire wheel.. It was a half assed repair, so the Dremmel was perfect for the job! 😀
 
There are probably a lot of times somebody would use a tool that a Dremel would make a much easier job of it.

I use mine all the time, and just used it for "Bathroom Improvement". I used it for cutting off nails and screws, sanding hard to reach spots, cleaning the grout out of the tile pits, sanding the paint off of the window frame, etc.

It is also great for resharpening the chains for my chainsaw. I can to a saw with an 18" bar in about 5 mins. It would the better part of an hour to do it by hand. I'd be lost without mine.
 
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