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Wander

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God bless the Dremel! All Hail the Dremel!

I find mine pretty much essential.
Get one of the mains powered ones - the battery ones aren't that good.
You can buy Dremel clones at good prices and I'm sure they work just as well (a friend has a non-Dremel and it seems to have lasted and done everything my actual-Dremel does).
It's good for hobby/craft/light activities. If you were to use it for a heavy/major DIY project then it may not be the right tool.
 

Corso

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How on earth did you do that matey ?

I should have explained myself better there is a button on the dremel that locks the chuck in place so you have resistance when you tighten it to fit the tools - that button seems to be made of plastic and it seems to be very easy to strip the button so it becomes useless - I haven't opened one up yet to see if I can fix it - that'll be a summer job as the workshops freezing
 

jmagee

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I know this is a really old thread but I seem to have done exactly as the person above. I have opened it up to see that it's fixable however it seems to be a common occurrence looking online.

So has anyone found a permanent solution to this? Or have a just been careless in the first place to strip the lock button?
 

Corso

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nope...

gave up on them

hand tools and time is the way I went

found zen while I was at it...
 

demographic

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I have one I bought a few years ago kind of on a whim.
Never used it. My wife sometimes uses one for jewellery making.
The Hitachi Occillating Multi tool however has been invaluable at work and I use it a lot.
 

sunndog

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I bought an aldi one on impulse years ago. Came with the flexible shaft and a load of other stuff.
Only ever use it for small crafting tasks but bloody hell it's useful when you need it.
 
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sunndog

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I have one I bought a few years ago kind of on a whim.
Never used it. My wife sometimes uses one for jewellery making.
The Hitachi Occillating Multi tool however has been invaluable at work and I use it a lot.

I'm the opposite, can't for the life of me find a use for the multi tool I equally impulse purchased
 

bobnewboy

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I know this is a really old thread but I seem to have done exactly as the person above. I have opened it up to see that it's fixable however it seems to be a common occurrence looking online.

So has anyone found a permanent solution to this? Or have a just been careless in the first place to strip the lock button?

I have one of the original models. It must be 20 years old now, and with a strip down and clean it’s working well. On mine the chuck lock got sticky, and the mains cable broke its outer insulation. That was because the strain relief cable grip/sleeve was actually a little too long for the OE tool case and bent the (by now old) cable too acutely. So I cut the cable off and re-terminated it in a foreshortened grip/sleeve. While I was in there I cleaned the motor commutator and re-tensioned the brush springs, along with cleaning out and re-greasing the chuck lock button/spring.
It now works well, and I use it for a myriad of little/fine jobs, especially for shaping/polishing horn nocks and the like.

I wouldn’t be without one. My missus has one for her silversmithing too, but she also uses hers for diamond drilling mounting holes in her glasswork - see ‘heleneshobbies’ :)

Cheers, Bob
 
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jmagee

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Just seems to be a poorly made part. Little pin made out of a soft metal. No doubt I was too rough with it but still seems like a poor design. I was hoping someone had suggestions as the little pin is £9 with delivery online. Seems rather expensive for what it is
 

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I'm the opposite, can't for the life of me find a use for the multi tool I equally impulse purchased
I cut quite a few holes in plasterboard, could use a padsaw but there's a greater risk of damaging cables behind with those.
Also when fitting kitchen base units where the skirting is already on, a handsaw is a right faff as I only get a few teeth of movement so the multicutter comes out the van.
Almost every time I use it is to lessen the impact of someone else's shortsightedness on site.
 

Wildgoose

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I love mine. Really useful for cutting and detail sanding.
always use genuine dremel accessories though, had a few cheap ones shear/disintegrate in use
 

Duggie Bravo

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I have a black and decker version.

I must admit I never had much real use for it the cutting discs kept shattering and the drill was useless, I ended up using the drill bits with my full size drill.

The only use I found was to polish my wedding ring.


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sunndog

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I cut quite a few holes in plasterboard, could use a padsaw but there's a greater risk of damaging cables behind with those.
Also when fitting kitchen base units where the skirting is already on, a handsaw is a right faff as I only get a few teeth of movement so the multicutter comes out the van.
Almost every time I use it is to lessen the impact of someone else's shortsightedness on site.

Most of the stuff I do is automotive or general steel fabrication so the multitool is just something I never reach for.
I can see them coming in for things like kitchen fitting as you say though for sure
 

Damascus

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I’ve had mine 25 years now, had two collets, for different size shafts, replaced this with a chuck, still going strong.
 
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