I want to buy a dremel.

[Kyo]

I mean, I have a dremel. It's a generic off-brand dremel but it's a bit too fast to actually work with plastic, and it's not battery powered. I want to buy a proper dremel, battery powered (unless you have a really good argument why I shouldn't buy one that is battery powered). You people obviously know this better than me, so what do you all recommend?

I'm currently looking at these, which cost relatively the same:
-Dremel 1100 (http://cgi.ebay.de/Dremel-Stylus-1100-1 ... 5ad3f11580)
-Dremel 8000JF (http://cgi.ebay.de/Dremel-10-8-V-Lithiu ... 5885e49d6e http://cgi.ebay.de/Dremel-10-8V-Lithium ... 5d27922a1a)


those are the cheapest ones that I could find. Any recommendations?

 

[grossaffe]

too fast? Our Dremmel (real dremmel) is variable speed.

 

[Kyo]

Mine goes from like 30000 to 50000. It's annoying, but that's irrelevant. Which one should I pick?

 

[grossaffe]

Heck if I know. My Dremel is ancient and without battery. But it gets the job done. I always use the diamond cutter tool.

 

[XCVG]

The stylus isn't a real Dremel. The lithium one is pretty cool but you are best off with a standard wired Dremel. Nothing wrong with the cordless, really, but it'll cost more and Dremels are already pretty expensive.

 

[Kyo]

The convenience is worth it for me, even if I'm not that fluent ATM.

Well if the stylus is not a real dremel, then I guess I'll be going with the other one. Out of interest, what's different?

 

[βeta]

If you put a variable pot on the power cord, you can make it more variable.

 

[XCVG]

If you put a variable pot on the power cord, you can make it more variable.

I seriously do not recommend this. That pot is going to get hot. A dimmer, however, should do the trick.

 

[samjc3]

If you put a variable pot on the power cord, you can make it more variable.

I seriously do not recommend this. That pot is going to get hot. A dimmer, however, should do the trick.

depends on the pot. if its like 10k then yeah. crazy. but if its made for high voltage ac, like out of a lamp, then it should be just fine.

 

[Kyo]

but I want it battery powered! Waaah!

Incidentally, I bought an 8000JF. It's nice. it's hard to resist the temptation to cut a hole into everything in my room

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

don't resist. its fun, there are holes all over my desk lol

 

[Kyo]

Lol. I'm kind of a hypochondriac so I avoid cutting inside, especially stuff like mobos. I cut some wood in here, it smelled pretty bad

 

[βeta]

IT'S WOOD. THAT'S NOT EVEN BAD FOR YOU.

 

[hailrazer]

IT'S WOOD. THAT'S NOT EVEN BAD FOR YOU.

It is if it is treated lumber.

 

[Kyo]

Well I was talking about mobos. Wood just smells bad.

Incidentally, I totally love this dremel. Definitely recommended buy.

 

[Jidan]

Dremels are fun to cut colored pencils with - I did that to a few and dust that was the same color as the pencil went everywhere every time I cut a pencil in half. It was pretty awesome

 

[themadhacker]

I use mine on match books and watch the flames fly.

 

[samjc3]

i thought you were better than bumping! that sounds awesome. i am gonna cut a bic now.

 

[XCVG]

A while back I got my first real Dremel. Way better than the generic piece of flax! I cut through a bolt for no real reason and dremeled some indents into the table. Of course, I used it for serious work too, like my YAP64 case.

 

[zeturi]

I recently bought a 200 series dremel, and it only cost me $60. It cuts through plastic pretty well, but isn't quite strong enough for aluminum. Definitely strong enough for most plastic, though.