Dremels

[Jlg]

Anyone recommend either a good dremel or a good tungsten grinder as my current one has killed a dremel two knock offs and a Bosch professional rotary tool

 

[ajlelectronics]

Anyone recommend either a good dremel or a good tungsten grinder as my current one has killed a dremel two knock offs and a Bosch professional rotary toolView attachment 472105 View attachment 472106

I got fed up of the lot of them and bought a Milwaulkie M12 version. Unfortunately that had to be replaced too, but here's hoping I now have a good one.

 

[marlinspike]

I've got a Dremmel and a couple of Aldi and Lidl knock offs. I think the real Dremmel are much better and last longer. It's Amazon Black Friday soon and there's often Dremmel stuff on offer so might be worth hanging on.

 

[Dragnet]

I have a Proxxon, which certainly seems smoother and higher quality than the Dremels I have used.

 

[roofman]

As a temp fix till you get sorted i used to get good results by putting the tungsten in a drill and coming in on the side of the bench grinding wheel, can achieve very accurate points to the tungsten tips with practice

 

[Jlg]

As a temp fix till you get sorted i used to get good results by putting the tungsten in a drill and coming in on the side of the bench grinding wheel, can achieve very accurate points to the tungsten tips with practice

I’ve been using my bench grinder but without the drill I can get decent points but you always get warm fingers and with the sharpener they were always the exact same every time

 

[Jlg]

I've got a Dremmel and a couple of Aldi and Lidl knock offs. I think the real Dremmel are much better and last longer. It's Amazon Black Friday soon and there's often Dremmel stuff on offer so might be worth hanging on.

It killed a proper dremel as well as a Bosch pro version and a couple knockoffs I think it’s the tungsten dust doing it

 

[ahebron]

There is an issue with the windings in some mains powered Dremels failing.
The internet shows how to fix them.
I have one Dremel set aside for tig grinding, another for general workshop dremeling and a battery knock off that is in my work tools kit. The latter is cheapo enough that if it fails I buy another

 

[ajlelectronics]

There is an issue with the windings in some mains powered Dremels failing.
The internet shows how to fix them.
I have one Dremel set aside for tig grinding, another for general workshop dremeling and a battery knock off that is in my work tools kit. The latter is cheapo enough that if it fails I buy another

Main problem I found was the switches going intermittent. Genuine and clones seem to have the same weakness, but if it is Tungsten dust then how about a printed shroud?

 

[Hotstuff]

I gave up with buying Dremel products. For me they just didn’t last and seem poorly engineered.

For my car restoration projects, I had a Dremel with an 90 degree adapter to use as a mini angle cutter.
The “click” metal cutting discs are expensive and don’t last long.

My solution was a Makita angle drill, arbour and 1.0mm mini discs. The drill doesn’t spin as fast as the Dremel but it’s fine for cutting body panels in awkward places or using wire brush attachments.

 

[Mark 5]

My corded bog standard Dremel is 22-23+ years old and have used it for many small projects, never had to repair it, lots of accessories, been/is a great tool.

Couple of years ago it started making a horrible wining noise, it runs faster than I think should, vibrates badly so have to hold it tight but kept and still use it.

I've wanted to repair or replace it, it is pretty beaten up.

Everytime I'm about to buy another, I read some report/review/opinions, basically don't buy a Dremel, yet mine has been reliable all these years.

Is there a decent Dremel model to be bought corded/cordless or other brand, there are so many, seen many??

 

[caprinut]

I use a B&D Wizard they have a longer nose compared with a stubby Dremel and use Dremel tools, i do use the 'click' metal cutting discs, they are expensive but you can get into corners with a Wizard where nothing else will.

 

[MetalMonkey]

Perhaps consider modifying it to accept a cheap air die grinder, might be a lot more tolerant of dust.

 

[Kram]

If they are cordless dremels and clones they are simple things to open up and swap a new motor. They are literally a motor in a housing, basic spindle, a single bearing and a switch.

Whats the attachment on your tungsten grind pro thing?

Wouldnt be difficult to fabricate a suitable motor housing/spindle and use a standard 550 or 775 motor.

 

[MattF]

Wouldnt be difficult to fabricate a suitable motor housing/spindle and use a standard 550 or 775 motor.

Was thinking similar. Make it into a proper standalone unit.

 

[DAPPH]

As a temp fix till you get sorted i used to get good results by putting the tungsten in a drill and coming in on the side of the bench grinding wheel, can achieve very accurate points to the tungsten tips with practice

You can also grind them well at a high rottion speed in a battry drill by angling the tungsten up the top 1/3 of the grinding wheel as it rotates towards you . Use the same wheel you'd sharpen lathe cutting tools with , not a real hard and coarse wheel
After seeing what my profession TIG welding mate did I also made a simple end drilled 10 mm bars after putting in a small Allen key grub screw 15 mm from the end so I could get shorter tungsten's ground using the drill ..