Dremel too fast

Are you saying that the dimmer has a total of 2 or 3 wires?

can you draw some kind of diagram showing how to wire this junk up?
i tried one method, (btw, the dimmer only has 2 wires and 1 grounding wire)...i split the powercord and connected only one wire of the 2 wire powercord to the dimmer, as if i connect both it will short circuit...the other wire in the powercord is untouched....i tried this on a light, and it worked fine....what am i doing wrong????
the dimmer isn't polarized....guessing that isnt right....
please help!

Doom_Giver,

It sounds like it all should work. It maybe worth connecting the dimmer up to a light to see if the dimmer works. The only other reason i can think of is that you have wired it up incorrectly?

Cheers Trev

The dremel power is @ 120v, 1.15 amps, 50-60 hz AC (MultiPro 3961-02)
The dimmer is @ 600 watts, single pole, and it says here that it works with 120v halogens...
hope this helps....i am beginning to see a problem with the dimmer being single pole, as the dremel isnt...hmmm...wonder if they make multi-pole dimmers.....
please help....thanx

Here is what i was referring to:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29528&item=4324251636&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Doom_Giver,
With you problrm with the speed controller that you have built for you dremal can you answer a few questions? What is the power rating of the dremal and of the light dimmer? Also i found when i made my speed controler for my dremal equivalent that i have to adjust both the built in speed controller and my additional one. Hope this helps?

Cheers Trev

i'll try buying the speed controller @ walmart and see what happends....about the pressure thing, even when i put it @ 5000 rpms and 1mm over the surface, it rips thru the paint and melts the surface (even with the felt tips)
I AM STILL looking for some schematics on how to build a speed controller myself, as so many ppl here on finescale have made....
dremel control box? GIMMIE more info on it please (i'll look it up myself but still . . .;p u can have ures)
lookin for some more answers here ppl...

I do a lot of scratchbuilding in styrene and I swear by my three Dremels. I never could understand why everyone has so much problem with the speed. I do most of my shaping on high speed with no problem. The secret is coarse teeth and "light" pressure. Melting is not caused by speed specifically but rather by friction. For delicate and final shaping I switch to 5000rpm's. Try course teeth or grit tooling and light pressure. It might work for you.

The newer Dremels have such low torque (as compared to the ancient ones from many years ago) that the best way I've found to slow one down to "Modeling Speed" is the flexible attachment. It puts some drag on the motor and will slow it down to creeping speed.

Actually, my dremel is 15,000 low & 28,000 high.

As you may have read in the other posts, Dremel used to make a variable speed controller a while back, and you can generally find them on e-bay from time to time. The biggest problem with variable speed controllers is that they probably won't work with a Dremel that is already variable speed. I have a Dremel control box here, but you can't have it.

Don't know of any instructions to build one - sorry.