Can some one advice me on a dremel and where to buy one?

[warlock110]

i found these, don't know if it's good
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=product ... 07-MX372UL <<<suspesious, lol, it's too cheap, do you guys think that it's good enough for regular use?

http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=product ... 45-2850-02

2 times the cost, 2 speed only at 5K and 30K, is that good enough for a dremel, do i really need variable speed? i'm just gonna use this to cut my case, and sand some stuff, thanks.

[Jordan]

Neither link works for me. It asks me for a ZIP code...

[sthayashi]

Plunk down $20 more and get the de facto standard:
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=product ... 45-3962-02

I usually get impatient with 5k and bump it up a notch or two.

[warlock110]

does any one know a good cutting blade for case? i can't seems to cut my case, i use a shiny steal like blade but it didn't work (i kindda messed it up because i was using on the wrong side in the beggining). my thing is cheap, but it should work, now i just need a good blade.

[warlock110]

would the 1.25" fiber glass reinfoced wheel work on my case?

[Ralf Hutter]

would the 1.25" fiber glass reinfoced wheel work on my case?

Yes, that's the best option for cutting case sheetmetal for your Dremel.

[warlock110]

do you know a place that sale the side of the case for cheap? i wanna practice my rotary tool on that thing instead of my freaking overpriced case lol. the metal on my case is about 1/16" thick, i don't know if that's too thick or too thin compare to other cases.

[sthayashi]

Sides of cases? No...

1/16" sheet steel? Hmmm.... Have you checked your local hardware stores?

[teejay]

You are going to want some speed options other than 5K and 30K... first is too slow for metal cutting (not enough power) and the latter is a bit too fast for my taste... overheating metals and such. The re-inforced cutting discs are the best ones and will last a lot longer if handled correctly. They are quite pricey compared to the normal discs so you might want to do a few practice cuts with those.

[warlock110]

it's 5K to 30K, not just 2 speed, i got 6 speed dials on the thing, so it's ok. what's the typical metal cutting speed? and also what do i used after cutting to blur out the edges? i used the sand drum but that didn't worked too well lol. thanks for helping out the newb.

[waterstar]

Warlock,

I have the 10-level variable speed dremmel. I did my second set of cutting tonight and found that I preferred anywhere from speed 8 to speed 10. Basically the lowest setting at which sparks occurred up to the fastest the thing went. Higher speed cut a bit faster but not by much. And I don't plan on using the highest speed for the detail work I plan to do later this week.

Hope that helps.

- Ray

[teejay]

2 speed only sounded a bit unlikely but it was what I picked up from your initial thread... didn't have a usable zip code to access your posted links.

I set mine at ~15K for metal cutting, but a bit slower works nicely too. Unsure if you could go higher... probably, but I never tried. I like to be able to control what I'm doing. For smoothing the edges I use a round grind stone, alu oxide (Dremel accessory 8153, 8175 and 8193 mostly).

- EDIT: stupid typo's... need food I suppose

[Tibors]

Every time I break out my Dremel to do something. I put it away before I'm finished. Then I finish it with traditional hand tools. Tin snips, pliers, side cutter, hacksaw, some files and sandpaper. All work way better than a rotary tool.

[warlock110]

i didn't know how to use it at first, now it's really easy, just make a 1st cut and then grind along the cut, very easy, i just practised on my case lol. it's pretty quick too, the dremel is very good on small places, the other tools we'll have to get a big hole before you can start cutting. I used it at 25K lol