bob1961
I wanna be Dave
for twice the money and get a dremel that will last twice as long "thumbsup" ....
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Rotary tool, which one to buy?
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Except for the fact that my HarborFreight rotary tool is still going strong and my Dremel stopped working right a year after I got it. :lmao:
fr8cture
I wanna be Dave
My dremel is probably 10 years old and works great. use it all the time.
It's much more likely you're confusing your rotary tools, or never owned an actual Dremel. If the label on your Dremel is a piece of duct-tape with the word "Drimalle" scribbled in Sharpie ink and you bought for $8 at the local Flea-Market, there's a good chance it wasn't a genuine Dremel.
Jato said:
Jato said:
Jato said:
Does the word contradictory mean anything to you??
It should.
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No, you just don't know what you're talking about. I'm not confusing my rotary tools. I have two Dremels. One stopped working properly a year after I got it. The other has been fine for years. But my Harbor Freight rotary tool has also been running for years despite the issue I mentioned.
I don't buy used tools so I know my Dremels are genuine.
It's just easier to hold and manipulate than the larger body, it's very handy for small detail work.
ole_gators
Newbie
I've been using harbor freight heavy duty rotary tool for the last 2 years and it chomps through stainless steel with ease. I'm sure a dremel is good, so just get which ever one is in your budget.
littletoyboy
Rock Crawler
My variable speed dremel only lasted one year. May try the one with the flex shaft next time.
C*H*U*D
No idea what I'm doing
Proxxon
7echo
Pebble Pounder
More commercial oriented are the Foredom rotary tools. The micromotors are especially nice...
Rotary Tools by Foredom Electric Co | Power Flex Shaft Rotary Tools
Rotary Tools by Foredom Electric Co | Power Flex Shaft Rotary Tools
C*H*U*D
No idea what I'm doing
I bought a Foredom flex shaft motor for my girlfriend one year for her jewelry work. Pricey but I agree, it's a really nice tool. It puts our hobby grade tools to shame. Actually a lot of jewelers tools kick ass.
Ok I'm going to chime in and give my actual experience. I've been in the automotive business for 20+ years now and back in the late 90's we used ONLY Dremels. I had to replace one (yes from the 90's) about 2 years ago because I couldn't find brushes for it. The new $100 one I bought didn't even make it a month. Figured I got a bad one so off to the local hardware store I went. Traded it out for a brand new one and guess what...Got about another 30-45 days out of it. Picked up a Blue Hawk and it's been running strong.
Problem is the newer Dremels that I've opened up have a plastic carrier for the bearing to ride on. If or should I say when that bearing gets hot, it deforms the carrier and the shaft get tweaked out of alignment. After that, its just a matter of time before the inside starts eating itself and you have a broken dremel.
I personaly don't feel the dremel brand is the brand it was years ago. Good news is, all the dremel accessories will fit the Blue Hawk so I wasn't out hundreds of dollars switching over.
Problem is the newer Dremels that I've opened up have a plastic carrier for the bearing to ride on. If or should I say when that bearing gets hot, it deforms the carrier and the shaft get tweaked out of alignment. After that, its just a matter of time before the inside starts eating itself and you have a broken dremel.
I personaly don't feel the dremel brand is the brand it was years ago. Good news is, all the dremel accessories will fit the Blue Hawk so I wasn't out hundreds of dollars switching over.
I want to say it's the 4200 series but can't be 100% sure as I didn't see a need to keep it around after the 2nd one bit the dust. And why are you so butt hurt anyway, it's not like I called you or anyone else out on their testimonies? My only point I was trying to make is that I use my rotary tool almost daily and was a major dremel fan boy years ago but it seems there quality control has suffered recently IMO (wait, we are still in America right??? so it's ok that I have one). Hell, go to there own site and look at the 4200 series, its 2.3 stars with 163 reviews.
The bearing circled in red rides inside a plastic "carrier" (also circled in red). If the bearing heats up or if you apply to much force, it distorts the pocket that the shaft/bearing rides in and starts to become unbalanced.
The bearing circled in red rides inside a plastic "carrier" (also circled in red). If the bearing heats up or if you apply to much force, it distorts the pocket that the shaft/bearing rides in and starts to become unbalanced.
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C*H*U*D
No idea what I'm doing
We only buy Proxxon here at work now. The only problem we have with them, is the people who don't know how to use them. It's usually the locking button that goes out because people think it's a brake or something :roll:
