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Swanny

Member since
February 2003
From: Sandusky Ohio, USA

Sudden death of an old friend - terrible shock.

Posted by Swanny on Thursday, September 9, 2004 6:34 AM

Day before yesterday everything was just fine, no issues, everything seemed okay but last night, with no warning at all my old friend of many years just passed away quietly. My Dremel was dead! The shock was almost more than I could bear. I didn't know what to do. I just stood there and stared at it dumbfounded. I looked to my wife for consolation but she was hardly sympathetic. She said, "We'll just get you another one." Another One! This one had been through so much with me, the Fw-200 vac build, all the resin dust during the RS.14 build (I knew it should have worn a mask) various wood restoration jobs...this was like a friend, you don’t just buy another one. Hmmm, I wonder if I could get a padded grip…..

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 6:42 AM

isnt there anything that the dremel hospital can do for it ? my deepest condolences swanny.

i have a similar story to tell. my uncle gave me my first rotary tool, a semi antique caso rotary tool. i still have the instructions, i dont know when they were printed, but it says that brush replacement charge is 50cents. id guess that it must have been given to my uncle just after the war. well, it gave me about a month of good service until my mom accidentally turned it on while it was "safed" so the armatures were being energised but the thing wouldent turn. so it was a pile of molten plastic. Sad [:(]

it wasnt really mom's fault, i should have unplugged it. i kicked myself.

i sympathise, swanny.

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Thursday, September 9, 2004 7:37 AM

swanny horrible news. listening to taps for you my friend. i hope when you buy another, notice i wont say the "r" word, it works as well.

joe

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scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Thursday, September 9, 2004 7:44 AM

I feel for you. Mine is a 1960's vintage and have been coughing and weezing for the past few years. I have replaced the brushes, but he still has some bad days. When he goes, I'm really going to miss him, he and I built a lot of models, as well as survived many other projects together.

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KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:09 AM

Sorry to here about your lose, I went through it a couple of years ago, but my wife pulled me out of my depresion with a new one at Christmas. Good luck

Thad

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:14 AM

I don't want to build your hopes up, but the same thing happened to me and another friend of mine. I put new brushes in it and it was fine. I then did an overall, new bearings and contacts and the like. In the end, it was probabbly better to go and buy a new one, but I was attached as well. Worth a try I suppose.

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roadkill_275

Member since
September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:37 AM

Swanny, my condolences my friend. Where do I send flowers?

Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:22 PM

My condolences, Swanny. I know your feeling, I lost mine many years ago.

FYI, if you can get it fixed do so. The newer ones (I don't really know when they changed) have nowhere near as much torque as the old ones. I've got one now I've had about 10 years and there is no comparison between it and the original I bought back in the early 80's.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, September 10, 2004 1:48 AM

I can't bear the thought of losing mine..! Deepest sympathy for you, Swanny!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 5:47 AM

Swanny , my thoughts are with you on your loss Sad [:(]

..

mike Tongue [:P]

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styrene

Member since
May 2003
From: The flat lands of the Southeast

Posted by styrene on Friday, September 10, 2004 7:35 AM

Get over it.....

Buy a new one and get back to work. We can't have delays in you posting pics of your latest efforts!

Laugh [(-D]

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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Swanny

Member since
February 2003
From: Sandusky Ohio, USA

Posted by Swanny on Friday, September 10, 2004 2:42 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by styrene

Get over it.....

Buy a new one and get back to work. We can't have delays in you posting pics of your latest efforts!

Gip Winecoff

You are right, I must move on. So I went to the store, blew my current modeling budget and got a new Dremel. Took it home and the freaking motor pulsates! Back to the store and get it replaced and am finally back in business. I have started cutting plastic for a 1/48 Do-217M conversion but the cost of this burn out was that I had just finished negotiating a deal to clean out a custom casters entire remaining 1/48 stock of resin in the UK and now have to put that on hold for two weeks - what a bummer.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 11, 2004 9:56 AM

....scared me senseless with the title of your post Swanny
although you've my condolenses and sympathies in your dilema...... Boohoo [BH]

...don't do that Confused [%-)]

gggeeeessssshhhhhhh

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DanCooper

Member since
March 2004
From: Belgium

Posted by DanCooper on Saturday, September 11, 2004 12:52 PM

Sounds like a heart-falieure to me, have you tried electro-shocks ?

No, I think tedium could be right here, once the brushes are gone, the coil doesn't get electricity anymore.
But since you already got a new one, this post is a little to late now Smile [:)]