Dremel tool is to bits as ink jet printers are to ink cartridges.Those cutoff/grinding wheels are handy for hard materials. I wore out 1 per hole.
In other words, they probably make more money off the accessories than they do from the tool itself.
Dremel tool is to bits as ink jet printers are to ink cartridges.Those cutoff/grinding wheels are handy for hard materials. I wore out 1 per hole.
Al, you need a guillotine paper cutter. It works great for fibreglass board. No loss, no shavings.MrAl wrote:One good thing...it looks like the 'sheetrock' blade may cut the glass board better, with very little loss of material (less than 1/16 inch wide) although i cant say just how long
the blade is going to last cutting through the fiberglass board. Time will tell.
Chicago Electric. That's a Harbor Freight brand, right?MrAl wrote:I should also mention that this is a 'cheapie' version of the tool, made by Chicago
Electric. It does work though, but perhaps the better ones like Dremel and especially
Rockwell will work better and i bet they oscillate faster too. This one is limited to
11,000 OPS (oscillations per second).
My overall impression is that this tool can be quite handy at times for certain jobs,
but it is not for everything as it will not cut everything like a rotary tool would.
Bob Scott wrote:Al, you need a guillotine paper cutter. It works great for fibreglass board. No loss, no shavings.MrAl wrote:One good thing...it looks like the 'sheetrock' blade may cut the glass board better, with very little loss of material (less than 1/16 inch wide) although i cant say just how long
the blade is going to last cutting through the fiberglass board. Time will tell.Chicago Electric. That's a Harbor Freight brand, right?MrAl wrote:I should also mention that this is a 'cheapie' version of the tool, made by Chicago
Electric. It does work though, but perhaps the better ones like Dremel and especially
Rockwell will work better and i bet they oscillate faster too. This one is limited to
11,000 OPS (oscillations per second).
My overall impression is that this tool can be quite handy at times for certain jobs,
but it is not for everything as it will not cut everything like a rotary tool would.
I saw the Rockwell on a late night TV spiel. I wonder if you can use it to trim Billy Mays' beard?
Yes it is. I've cut a LOT of 1/16 FG board, single and doublesided, 1oz and 2oz copper, and it still cuts paper just like new. Of course, I used the cutter at work. I don't own my own cutter.MrAl wrote:Have you tried using a paper cutter on standard thickness glass PC board material
(clad one side) already? Is that strong enough for that?
Exactly, in the April 23 episode of "Bones" (Fox) the ME used one to saw the top off a scull so she could examine the inside .that tool idea has been around actually a long time in the medical rhelm, i seen them also used for cutting bone in tight areas,,
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