Pirate Wench
Scalpel supremo
my favourite finger paint is strawberry flavour
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Post by Pirate Wench on Feb 8, 2005 18:08:41 GMT 12
or other brand similar rotary craft tool type device. ... I keep seeing these cheaper ones in the infomercials with all these neat looking bits and hear the guy rant on for ages about the wonders of 'whatever the brand' tool is.. and I keep thinking ooooo must get. Does anyone here actually have one, and if so. Do you actually use it? and what for. I'm kind of wondering if I add it to my next years xmas list and by some miracle my cruddy family actually bought me one (they didn't get me anything at all this year) that I would actually use it. Or would it end up sitting between the waffle maker and the sodastream machine under the sink
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Post by PitYak Studios on Feb 8, 2005 19:17:01 GMT 12
What do you reckon, do I have one?
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It gets used for drilling, sanding, routing, boring, reaming, filing, polishing, burnishing, turning, stirring, mixing, cutting, smoothing, shaping...
It's the only tool I've got that never gets put in it's case, we even have a whole bench dedicated to it, the sort of thing most people would use for eating breakfast on.
Me and my wife have a rota ssytem set up for using it.
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Pirate Wench
Scalpel supremo
my favourite finger paint is strawberry flavour
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Post by Pirate Wench on Feb 8, 2005 20:51:27 GMT 12
I heard they were really useful for anything and everything, but do you ever grind your fingers down with it?
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Post by PitYak Studios on Feb 8, 2005 22:16:45 GMT 12
I don't need a dremel for that; see the "modelling injuries" thread on the clubhouse ;D
Seriously though, they are like any power tool, you've got to take care, but I find them safest tool I've used. The biggest problem I have is with flying shards of metal piercing my chest when I'm making all these spears. I've actually become fanatical about wearing my goggles when dremmeling; I was always fairly partisan about eye protection in thepast.
My only gripe is the speed setting; low is high and high is see-how-long-you-can-hold-onto-it. Mitre 10 have a battery operated smaller version (not sure if it's a dremel brand) which looks good for finer work.
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voltigeur
Ambitious Upstart
BOF from way back
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Post by voltigeur on Feb 11, 2005 22:18:36 GMT 12
A Dremmel...oohhh! Unfortunately I can't justify the expense. I have to pay those other annoying things like mortgage, food and power.  |
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Post by PitYak Studios on Feb 11, 2005 23:51:48 GMT 12
...and you'ld have to pay even more power if you did get one
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