Things I can do with a Dremmel

SHOTinTHEface86 said:
No idea how good my safety glasses are, they weren't that expensive so guessing a flying broken cutting disc would probably win any fight with them :eek:
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You can usually look up what safety standards they meet online.

Basic eye protection with decent resistance to debris isn’t expensive. I think my NoCry overglasses were £10 and they meet all the usual workshop standards.

Laser, ballistic (high energy impacts) and corrosive material resistance is where eye protection starts to get more expensive.
 
Had looked at buying a dremmel, for rust on bicycle frame (earlier posts) but after researching thought proxxon brand maybe more reliable,
- buy the drill and get the specific (quality) attachments you need
.. eventually bough the attachments and found they were viable/handleable in the chuck of a mains B&D variable speed drill.
Proxxon Wire Wheel Brush - - 1 5.70 Brass 22 mm (Pkt 5) 202356

safety for wire brush work anyway, 50cm from work .. I use (edit:EYE) mask NOT just safety glasses
 
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Terminal_Boy said:
You can usually look up what safety standards they meet online.

Basic eye protection with decent resistance to debris isn’t expensive. I think my NoCry overglasses were £10 and they meet all the usual workshop standards.

Laser, ballistic (high energy impacts) and corrosive material resistance is where eye protection starts to get more expensive.
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yeah they cheapo ones i bought to keep dust out of my eyes when cutting wood. They state 'low energy impact Optical class 1F' which i'll have to google, but for a few quid better than nothing for general DIY use i guess
 
SHOTinTHEface86 said:
No idea how good my safety glasses are, they weren't that expensive so guessing a flying broken cutting disc would probably win any fight with them :eek:
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Cutting disks, especially on a dremel type multi-tool, carry very little mass. Broken shards move very quickly (hence the need for safety glasses) but have no penetrating punch, even on bare skin.
 
Things I've used mine for are:

- Sharpen knives/scissors/lawnmower blades
- Polish metal such as stainless steel car exhaust tip
- Cut siezed screw heads off
- Cutting thin steel tubing
- Wire brushing paint from hard to get to areas on brake calipers.

As noted above, the cutting disks shatter quite often I've found. It's almost expected that a couple will shatter during a job.
 
Small sanding and grinding bits are very handy, as are the cutting discs. I have had mine for about 20 years now and I don't use it that often, but every now and again there is an odd job that comes up that only the dremmel can do! Also make sure to always wear goggles when using the cutting discs as the discs easily shatter!

Dave
 
You can buy (on the bay for less than £5) router cups and bits which make engraving very easy, I used it to engrave something at work onto some beech and a colleague used his to do the same onto brass which looks fantastic now that it is polished. I've also used it to route out a recess in some oak pads to mount my handrail, and I'll be routing out a channel to inlay some wire for a house number sign next.

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... so where is a good place to buy dremmel consumables , cutting/grinding/brushing ?
a set of different tools would be good

... as mentioned I had bought proxxon compatible stuff for about £1/pop from chronosuk .. but I would not buy arbitrary stuff off of ebay, where brushes will moult
 
jpaul said:
... so where is a good place to buy dremmel consumables , cutting/grinding/brushing ?
a set of different tools would be good

... as mentioned I had bought proxxon compatible stuff for about £1/pop from chronosuk .. but I would not buy arbitrary stuff off of ebay, where brushes will moult
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B&Q normally have a good range of bits and sets. Dremel have an online shop of their own.
 
Machine mart does a decent set of 200+ bits for £20

I’d rather buy cheap and use as many bits as I need than pay over inflated prices on bits that may last slightly longer
 
robfosters said:
Amazon are pretty good as well, they have a lot of bits, many of them prime eligible and good prices.
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yep, but, like drill/routing, bits say, I (foolishly?) want something branded(/hardened=cobalt) not a chinese /acme product that implodes, or worse damages material you are working on.
if you do not need accuracy/precision with particular work .. fine.
 
I use the barrel sanding tools and the cutting discs quite often but the most ambitious job was some light flowing of a pair of V8 cylinder heads. I had to look around for some decent carbide grinding bits and it took almost a month doing a couple of hours at a time (in my front room) but I did it! 6 mm die grinder probably would have done the same in a couple of days.
 
When I worked for Timpsons (many years ago) I used to engrave Champagne bottles with one (amongst other things).
Use a round diamond tip and some gold filler wax. Glass is actually quite easy to engrave (just be sure to wear goggles just in case)
 
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I have been using my Dremmel today for adding some stippling to a pistol stock I made a while back. Also used the Dremmel for a lot of the shaping of the stock, along with a power file.
 
Had mine for a few years and it comes out once in a while. Been tucked away for the best part of 18 months.
Was going to spend £12 on a new lawn mower blade last week but then realised I had the Dremmel tucked away. A short while later, a sharpened and newly balanced blade.
A mower shop would charge over a tenner to sharpen it so may as well have bought a new one if I didn't have the Dremmel.
That'll do for another couple of seasons at least.
 
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