Any experience of this tool?

I'm particularly interested in how reliable it is, particularly when given a lot of use under less than ideal conditions.

Are there any equally good alternatives on the market?

 

I have had a Dremel for years and never had a problem with it.

During this time I have also had 3 Black & Decker Wizards, which can be picked up for half the price of a Dremel, and all of them have blown.

I recently bought a second Dremel with an attachment that allows me to use the bits from the Wizard.

 

[QUOTE=eSeM,Oct 18 2010, 08:38 AM] I have had a Dremel for years and never had a problem with it.

During this time I have also had 3 Black & Decker Wizards, which can be picked up for half the price of a Dremel,

 

Dad has several Dremel toys, none have broken to date. He (ab)uses them regularly. B&D will break, usually 2 months after the guarantee has expired.

Wear a good fitting face mask and goggles if there is going to be a lot of dust, much better than inhaling the stuff or getting it in your eyes. But then I am sure you are far too sensible not to take reasonable precautions.

 

I've had some hobbycraft mini drill for years. It took hours to cut the hole in one bonnet. Borrowed the Loons cordless dremel and the battery lasted 20 minutes. Got my new main powered dremel kit with all attachments and it's brilliant.

I've got one of the kits that comes with the flexi extension which is nice for detail stuff, the dremel itself being a fairly large tool.

 

I'd get a second battery or a plug in Dremel.

The small battery ones are very ergonomic & there is a huge range of grindy stuff to fit them.

I now really sulk if the battery's flat & I have to use something as crude as a hacksaw.

Highly recommended.

 

Echoing the above, bought a Dremel about 5 years ago and it has been used for literally allsorts. No shortage of different tools for it either.

 

Where do you guys get your dremel bits from? I find a lot of the ones that come with it end up snapping without warning! (cutting discs)

 

Anywhere as long as they're genuine dremel ones - the 'copy' stuff just isn't as good i find.

 

Dremel

Mine has had many years of use and is still going stong.