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Started by rabbiteatsnake at 06-22-2009 12:07 AM. Topic has 4 replies.
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   06-22-2009, 12:07 AM
rabbiteatsnake


Joined on 02-08-2005
California
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Dremel tool improvements?
While working on Six flags over Georgia's "Monster mansion" ride refit, the boss got two new dremel motor tool kits for the work sight.  With supposed ergonomic styling, this generation of moto tool is worse than any before. When held the fingers have nowhere to go but toward the spinning chuck leaving one barely able to control or manuever the bloody thing with any effecasy, not to mention that any grip you use covers much of the cooling slots making the thing too hot to use after 5 min's of liberal use.  My first Dremel c 1980 soldiered on through 11 years of hard  duty only to have it's bearings wrecked by a chuklehead who borrowed it to cut dozens of 10 penny nails, useing too much preasure.  every one I've owned since then has not been up to standards of previous models. This latest generation is a poor substitute for my original tool.

The devil is in the details...and somtimes he's in my sock drawer. On the bench.
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   07-04-2009, 7:06 AM
subfixer


Joined on 03-09-2004
Hampton Roads, Virginia
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Re: Dremel tool improvements?

The only thing I can suggest is: More power!


I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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   07-05-2009, 8:56 AM
Kolschey


Joined on 10-23-2005
Warwick, RI
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Re: Dremel tool improvements?
Which model of Dremel are you referring to? If it is the new Stylus, then I wall have to respectfully disagree.

Krzysztof Mathews
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   07-07-2009, 2:49 AM
rabbiteatsnake


Joined on 02-08-2005
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Re: Dremel tool improvements?
 Kolschey wrote:
Which model of Dremel are you referring to? If it is the new Stylus, then I wall have to respectfully disagree.
Not the stylus, I guess the multi pro or it's contemperary equivolent, more precisly I'm saying it's Dremel's inexerable decay of overall quality. My first moto tool, which I used professionally as well, fell to abuse or I'd still have it today.  My "newer" one isn't half the tool of my 1st and this brand new version even less.

The devil is in the details...and somtimes he's in my sock drawer. On the bench.
Airfix 1/24 bf109E scratch conv to 109 G14AS
MPC1/24 ju87B conv to 87G Rev 1/48 B17G toF
Trump 1/32 f4u-1D and staying a1D Scratch 1/16 TigerII.
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   07-10-2009, 2:41 AM
subfixer


Joined on 03-09-2004
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Re: Dremel tool improvements?
It's planned obsolescence.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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