Dremel bits

[lozza]

I have a dremel clone (cheap and cheerful) and today while doing some work on my CM mod entry i used up all the cutting disks that came with it - they were pretty crap and broke easy.

So now comes the time to buy some (proper?) new ones, i've been looking on ebay and there are 200+ piece sets for around £20, would these be any good? I've also seen diamond disks and i'm sure i've read before that diamond disks are the best option.

So any advice on what to go for, my case is aluminium?

 

[lozza]

Even the original Dremel cut-off discs break easily and wear very fast. When I was cutting a 3mm think aluminium, one disc lasted for about 10cm cut. If there is a lot of straight line cutting to do then better to use a jigsaw. I've never had the diamond cutting disc so don't know how good it is but they do cost quite a bit.

Although some straight the areas are a little difficult to cut with a jigsaw, maybe i'm not using the correct blade.

 

[lozza]

The problem i had today was when extending a slot which the side panel fitted into. I was able to cut one side of it fine and then the other side woith the jigsaw but it left a bit in the middle. the width of the slot wasn't enough to for the blade to fit to cut across. so i ended up having to use the dremel clone to cut away that bit.

I also need to cut of the back part of the top panel where it bends over at a right angle to the back of the case - i can't see a way of doing this with a jigsaw