Step away from the Dremel!!!

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.

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).

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.

Dremel for large areas, sand paper for small and files for detail.
There are small heads to make detail but I use them rarely.

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.