Post by thevon on Jun 28, 2009 8:57:36 GMT 10
Jeff gave me a tip that is so great I have to pass it on! If you've ever used those thin cutting discs on a dremel tool you'll know how easy they are to break. But if you dribble a few drops of thin CA onto the disc before using them, it transforms them miraculously. I've never been able to re-use those discs. Just putting the tool on the bench, or sticking it into the cupboard etc it's so easy to bump the disc and it breaks as easy as a communion wafer. But as Jeff said - once you know the CA trick you wear them out rather than bust them!
I've had a really cheap tool like a Dremel which I got about 10 years ago from Super Cheap. Cheap crap quality but it did the job. I recently splurged and bought a cordless Dremel for about $150 and it's wonderful. The lithium ion battery goes for ages. Can you believe these things do 30,000 rpm! I keep it hanging on a nail right under the front of the bench and it's getting used a real lot.
Jeff has 3 Dremels hanging under his bench, each with different tools on them. If you do as much building as Jeff, it's well and truly worth it! I've been making flap horns for the Ditza and have switched between cutting disc and sanding drum about 20 times in the last hour!
I've had a really cheap tool like a Dremel which I got about 10 years ago from Super Cheap. Cheap crap quality but it did the job. I recently splurged and bought a cordless Dremel for about $150 and it's wonderful. The lithium ion battery goes for ages. Can you believe these things do 30,000 rpm! I keep it hanging on a nail right under the front of the bench and it's getting used a real lot.
Jeff has 3 Dremels hanging under his bench, each with different tools on them. If you do as much building as Jeff, it's well and truly worth it! I've been making flap horns for the Ditza and have switched between cutting disc and sanding drum about 20 times in the last hour!
It did take 20 years of use and abuse ;D
