Dremel tools

[Charger1973]

I just got one of these and havent even used it yet, im sure there will be a million times when this will come in handy while working on my Charger.  Im curious how many of you guys use these and what kind of work you have done on your car with it? 

[Wakko]

Holy crap it's the best tool ever.  I use it constantly when fabricating small brackets and panels, for polishing and cleaning and even etching.  Did you get the fancy one with the case?  If not get it...be easier.  And get some safety glasses to keep in the kit at all times or you WILL get metal in your eye!

[Charger1973]

Holy crap it's the best tool ever.  I use it constantly when fabricating small brackets and panels, for polishing and cleaning and even etching.  Did you get the fancy one with the case?  If not get it...be easier.  And get some safety glasses to keep in the kit at all times or you WILL get metal in your eye!

Yeah I got the big set with the case.  Good call on the safety glasses... ill have to remember to go look for them tomorrow, I think they are lost in my truck somewhere.  Thats one thing I always seem to forget unless its right there. 

[Daytona R/T SE]

I had to buy a new one this year

My old one wore out, actually it burned itself up in my hand - smoke - sparks, and a little bit of flames before I screamed like a little girl and dropped it on the concrete floor

Did I mention it was over THIRTY YEARS OLD? 

Great tool, you'll use the hell out of it

Buy a bunch of the little cut-off wheels you'll find a ton of things to do with them.

Like Wakko said: Safety glasses are mandatory-these little suckers spin up very fast. The cutoff wheels regularly explode into little shards that will put an eye out...so don't turn it on without saftey glasses

[mikepmcs]

Don't listen to them, safety glasses are for suckers.  I mean who doesn't think a patch is cool.

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Capt Ron.

[tan top]

i have had a dremal for years ,  awesome tool  , when a di grinder is to big   or  the air saw is to awkward for a intricate  cut out comes the dremal  . like  (Daytona R/TSE ) says defiantly  use  shield or safety glasses  as the cut of wheels  can be deadly

[Todd Wilson]

They are a great tool. You wont use it for 6 months and then have something you cant figure out how to do and out comes the dremel. Just wear eye protection when you use cutting disks as they will come apart and fly!!

Great cut cutting and polishing and on and on  a never ending tool. Go to the store and check out the bits you can get for them and that will throw ideas in your head on what you can use it for.

Todd

[Silver R/T]

got one and been using it anywhere from sanding rust off, cutting metal, shaping plastic/fiberglass, etc etc. Best $20 spent.

[terrible one]

I love(d) my Dremel. I burnt it up but it gave me a lot of good service!

[kab69440]

My car has been the death of no less than four Dremels. And Santa brought me another one last week...  As far as the cutting wheels exploding, use those diamond dust covered steel discs. You get a lot more mileage out of them, they don't explode, and they make a much thinner kerf when you need a precision cut.

[dongar69]

Every cut i've made on my Charger has been with a dremel. Most used tool in my shop.
But please............DON'T FORGET THE SAFETY GLASSES!!!!!!!!!

[is_it_EVER_done?]

Get a flexible shaft if you don't have one already, and a sewing machine foot pedal from a sewing machine/vacuum repair shop (just a foot operated rheostat) to controll the rpm's, and there is not much you can't do with a Dremel.

I have had the same one for 20+ years, and I seriously doubt if anyone could use one more than I do mine, so I can't understand how you guys have gone through multiples?

[Bandit72]

i must just have bad luck with these, or i use them way to much, cause i keep buring them up within like 6 months of getting them

[6pkrunner]

I've gone through 4 of them and will keep getting them. Better than Vise Grips as man's greatest invention. There is a plastic/nylon sleeve that connects the motor to the shank and if used continously it will heat up and the splines will melt. That's my problem with them. If one could grind/cut/drill for 40 minute intervals and allow the Dremel to cool, it would last quite a while. Also for tight spots in porting heads they are great, but the iron filings will get sucked into the motor and kill it off sooner than it should.
But you will love it, and get another if it dies on you. The crack cocaine of small power tools.

[kab69440]

A piece of reinforced 1/4" fuel line and a couple drops of good quality CA glue replace that coupler on the cheap.

[Charger_Fan]

There is a plastic/nylon sleeve that connects the motor to the shank and if used continously it will heat up and the splines will melt.

Oh, so that's what happened to mine. It lost about 1/4th it's normal rpm's a while ago, when I was hoggin' out some hole.

[kab69440]

More than likely, CF, you blew a resistor on the speed control and now that particular circuit is open.

[terrible one]

Oh man now I want to go get another one after reading all of this.

[bordin34]

I just got one on  christmas and it is great I used it for sanding my ca already, takes rust and bondo instantly. I got a craftman variable speed. I think it has 5 or 6 speeds. Craftsman is just Dremel with a different colored case.

[old man]

This is far one of the most handy tools to have around the shop or house. I have used it on almost project I've worked on in the last few years. Can't get a rounded nut off take the cutting wheel ( with safety glasses on ) and cut notches on two sides and then use a chisel and hammer and nut breaks in two leaving threads on bolt perfect. I can't say enough about how good this tool is.

[Lord Warlock]

I don't use mine often, but there are things that occasionally need to be done that only a dremel can do right.  Its kind of funny to hear everyone's warning about the cutoff wheels that shatter and shoot across the work surface.  I've experienced it numerous times as well.  But if you think dremels can be dangerous or painful, just wait till you use a wire wheel on a grinder and the wires come loose when stripping paint or cleaning rust scale, the wires shoot off and embed themselves into your skin.  I've found them in my arms and legs, and once got stuck in the nether region in a painful spot. 

Anyway, get a good selection of dremel bits, you'll find the larger expansion kits much cheaper than buying individual pieces.  I've even got the 3 foot extension with a 90 degree angle kit on mine.  Makes it easier to handle in tight spaces. 

[terrible one]

But if you think dremels can be dangerous or painful, just wait till you use a wire wheel on a grinder and the wires come loose when stripping paint or cleaning rust scale, the wires shoot off and embed themselves into your skin.

Haha ah man I've been through that way too much!

[tan top]

      wire brush on a grinder    i even used welding gloves &  apron  +  safety shield , still had some of them stuck in my arms / legs  and feet    like  thicker akupunch  ( spelling) needles         

[Chryco Psycho]

I bought a Makita Die Grinder in 86 , I have ported 40 + sets of heads with it , installed 3 sets of brushes  , 2 sets of brgs  & it is still going strong
I like the die grinders better same versatility but stronger with 1/4" drive

[Charger1973]

Ive only begun to test this thing out but I love it already.  I was bored and took a peice of walnut firewood and started carving on it the other night with my pocket knife.  Next thing I knew I was looking at the rough shape of a pistol grip.  So I busted out the dremel and fine tuned it.  Its not for a Charger, its for my 4 speed 79 K5 Blazer.  Its not identical to a Mopar pistol grip but I definately took a few styling cues from it.  I'll post up some pics when im finished.  I stained it and im working on the clearcoat now.