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Step away from the Dremel!!!

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Step away from the Dremel!!!
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:46 PM
I was having some trouble with some areas of putty on a recent kit and thought I'd try my Dremel tool out on it. I ended up gouging jagged crevices in the body and have more to putty now than I started with.

So, do you guys use Dremel tools for fine areas or detail sanding or do you stay away from them all together?

Please respond.

Later,
Zappa1
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  • From: Sunny Florida
Posted by renarts on Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:05 PM
I use my Dremel for surface texturing and for hogging out large areas of plastic or resin. Otherwise all my contour sanding is done with various grits of sand paper and various grits of sanding sticks with some work being done with files.

No reason to rush anything and you have complete control over the amount of material you remove. The sandpaper and files remove plenty.
Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Posted by Avus on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 2:06 AM
Sign - Ditto [#ditto]
Dremel for large areas, sand paper for small and files for detail.
There are small heads to make detail but I use them rarely.

Klaus

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Posted by ajlafleche on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:18 AM
Does you dremel have a variable speed on it? If not, you can find a plug in rheostat in the electrical department of a hardware store that can reduce the speed toa crawl making clean up a bit easier. That said, most of my clean up is with #11's, files and sandpaper.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 18, 2005 1:33 PM
AJ sez it all! Variable speed. The rheostat will work but it may burn out your Dremel. Best to get a variable one to begin with (but they are pricey).

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Posted by ajlafleche on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:43 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by trowlfazz

AJ sez it all! Variable speed. The rheostat will work but it may burn out your Dremel. Best to get a variable one to begin with (but they are pricey).

I bought the Dremel used at a show in 1982 and have had the rheostat on it for close to 10 years. That said, if I had to replace the tool, I would go with a cordless varaible speed model.

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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