v8ian
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May 22, 2015 16:52:29 GMT
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I have just killed another Dremel, it starting to work out an expensive hobby, I'm not abusing them, the speed controller has died yet again, is there a Better, Cheaper alternative to Dremels,
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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steveg
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May 22, 2015 17:05:20 GMT
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I killed mine in a similar way a while back but heven't replaced it yet. I haven't rellay looked much but there must be a better more industrial version about. I needed to use it and was considering bypassing the speed controller. I got round it in the end so didn't need to.
I would quite like something similar to what they had at a place I worked years ago. It looked like a washing machine motor with a foot switch. the hand held bit was connected by a decent flexible drive.
The alternative would be a die grinder but they are noisy and need a half decent compressor to run them properly.
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May 22, 2015 17:11:41 GMT
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Find an old one. I have an old American one that must be at least 30 years old. It has outlasted about 4 of the new ones...
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taurus
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May 22, 2015 17:14:20 GMT
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May 22, 2015 18:56:03 GMT
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Ive got a Ryobi one , it seems better made and more heavy duty than a dremel ,
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May 22, 2015 19:36:42 GMT
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Bought a Clarke one from Machine Mart lasted about 20 minutes before it went bang bought a Dremel from Homebase super thing no problems done all asked of it
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May 22, 2015 20:30:03 GMT
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I have a black and Decker version. Had it a few years, seems ok.
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May 22, 2015 21:40:20 GMT
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Mine is probably 25 years old and still works fine. A cordless version, however, had the Lithium battery die after only a short period of ownership with a replacement battery being almost as much as I paid for the whole unit new !
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May 22, 2015 21:58:11 GMT
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I have one from LIDL and so far so good. I've used it to grind welds and do some port & polishing on my Trabant.
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1955 Austin A30
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2009 Jaguar XF
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May 23, 2015 20:01:54 GMT
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I have a black and Decker version. Had it a few years, seems ok. me too |
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adamb
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May 23, 2015 22:28:04 GMT
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I have a black and Decker version. Had it a few years, seems ok. me too Another vote for the black and decker, used and abused mine for many years! |
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I get the cheapo ones from Aldi when they have them. Same experience as ElWoody - collet wore away, emailed them and asked for a new collet, got the whole set of grinder and consumables a few days later in the post. Take a long time to grind MIG down with them using diamond burrs, but they do it in the end and sometimes it's the only option. My current one now has random speed control and sticks so you have to give the chuck a bit of a tap to get it to start rotating. Out of warranty now, though, so I'll wait until they get some more.
I've often wondered if they'd last longer if I bought a genuine Dremel, sounds like the answer to that is "no".
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taurus
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On the other hand I've had my Dremel for about 15 years now - it's taken some hammering but still works. The only problem is that if I disconnect it then it is reluctant to start, but leave it plugged in and it works fine. Since it lives on the workbench that's not a problem.
My guess is the newer ones aren't as well built.
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