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They are almost all sanding or polishing tools and there is only one general purpose cutter a drill bit and a fiberglass cutoff wheel. But very good for removing material for detail work and for cleaning stuff.The Accessory tools are pretty useless. So they are generally useless for wood working, hard materials or metal.Expect to spend several hundred dollars on additional tools no matter what you work with unless you only do sanding and polishing. The tool its self is nic and works well with plenty of torque. Not really for very fine work or engraving the Scribe is for that.
Most of the extra attachments I purchased already came with the standard Dremel. I would not however recommend the purchase of an extra set of attachments until you konw what you want to do with your Dremel. By now everyone should konw about the Dremel and what it can do. Im very happy I found one for such a great price.
HE FOUND THE OLD DREMEL.Seeing that we own our own business he took the old one to work since he needed one there too.:)MsStretch Being totally satisfied w/ my choice, I wrapped it & proudly gave it to him.W/in 2 hours of him showing his appreciation, he went to work on that halted project and guess what. I purchased the Dremel for my husband cuz he SWORE that some one must have stolen his. He hadn't finished a project & searched for weeks, unable to find it I ordered it from Amazon.
There always seems to be something to smooth out, cut a little here or there, or grind down just a fraction. Well, I am using this tool almost daily. This little tool is perfect for the job.I would recommend this (the cordless) model as if had a cord, it would be much more likely to be unused. I bought this for a minor project I was doing that was too little for my "man-sized" woodworking tools. I clearly thought that this would be one of those tools that I used rarely, if at all.
It comes with a lot of attachments, as usual, some are really useful, while some are space fillers. So when it comes to sanding down or polishing a surface, the dremel has no real competition. N.B. We use the Dremel tool extensively at the place we work, an autmotive electronics Tier one supplier. This model has a 1.15amp current rating, you also have a 2.0amp model (more juice = more power), also craftsman makes an equally good tool, at a slightly cheaper price. For fine sanding, using the lower speed settings give you very good control. Shop around a little.
A normal Makita or Panasonic or larger drill cannot hold such small drill bits. But I think the price is a bit too high at present, will wait till the ptice falls a bit. It is a terrific tool, and you will find use for it, no matter what. And the smaller bits tend to break because of the lesser control and added weight when using the larger drill/drivers. You can also buy additional attachments, I tink I saw a 320 attachment set for this tool at a Sam's club store.
I am Principal Engineer/Scientist, and my engineers and technicians and myself included like the ability to precisely control the speed of rotation of the dremel by a simple, but effective, sliding switch. But mind you, this is for small and precise applications only.So all in all, you have a tool with immense capability and versatility. But it does reqire some getting used to. What is really useful and makes the tool indispensable is the fact we can change its jaws (the part that holds on to the attachment) and thus it can hold the really fine drill bits for drilling precise and extremely small holes as required on PCB's for surface mounting integrated circuit and small circuit components. The Dremel is perfect in these cases.The dremel also packs a punch in terms of power, its extreme high speed and power ensures that you will get the job done.
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