Uses for a dremel?

[wonderpupp]

I found my dremel this morning while unpacking some more stuff in my new gaff.

I've never used it. I remember badgering my mum and dad for one for my birthday, and I've never used it. Nice looking bit o' kit though.

Ayone got any useful uses for a dremel?
List them here.

(and making a jack o' lantern from a flower pot isn't my idea of useful...)

[masterofinsanity]

gotta get me a new one as i burnt mine out trying to cut a hole in the side of my pc.

also great for polishing brake caliper pistons...

[cargo]

Dremels are great...................

grinding away the bit of crankcase to allow camchains out

Ingraving my name on dog tags

cutting the U bolts holding the springs on to the back axel of my van

trimming bodywork to make it fit

cutting stubborn brake caliper pins

cleaning the seal groove on brake calipers

sharpening the chain on my chainsaw

cleaning threads in all sorts of akward places

cutting small pieces of alley plate to make brackets

stiring coffee/tea

cutting off badly corroded nuts without damaging the thread

head is sore thinking.............................. but I'm always amaazed of often I think to myself in the workshop....................ahhhhhhhhhhh the Dremel will fix that

[rene]

i dont no what id do without mine now bloody awsome from polishing up the crome to cutting though bolts.

brilliant little tools!

[RedexRobB]

Im gonna buy me one of these soon, well a cheap rip off anyway from work as they are selling them for 12.99 plus load of bits n pieces to go with it.

[masterofinsanity]

where's that at robB?

[intra]

Clean up your cylinder head.

[RedexRobB]

where's that at robB?

Makro where i work, plus ill get 10% off that price.

[CaNsA]

Aye Rob,

The cheap copies are generally good. I bought a 12 quid one a few years back and used it to cut a side window in a steel case. Chewed through a good few cutting discs, but the "Dremyl" worked a treat.

Whats the worst that can happen? Go for it, this aint a Dr. Pepper advert.

[rene]

mines a cheap-o one, its now my second one as my dad killed the last on while rebuilding his gay thing (tons and tons of pollishing).

So unless youre going to use it close to insutrial levels then cheap ones are fine, the bits you get with them dont normaly work to well tho

[Speedy]

I had a cheapy one that I got for xmas a few years back, to be honest was pretty cr@p compared to the real Dremel I have now. I think it was £40 or so from one of the shopping channels, now I just use the bits that came with it in the Dremel. The cheap one you could stop the cutting disc even just cutting through thick plastic

As for uses, I mainly use mine for polishing or cutting.. normally find it too fast and not torquey enough for drilling (unless it's plastic)

That remins me, I need to go over the polished rims on my wheels this weekend if I get time as they've dulled a bit. Will probably buff up the front with the dremel and the rear I'll just whack it up on the paddock stand and let it idle in 1st.. proper youtube ghetto polishing (yes I will watch my pinkies on the spokes/chain, hehe)

[RedexRobB]

If your polishing you may as well get a motor and get a chuck attached to the end of it which is what ive got at my mum's.

Will more than likely buy proper dremel bits once the ones it comes with wear out. Only thing i need it for is to finish of some of the plastice edges where ive cut the panels to fit the flush indicators. No doubt ill find even more uses!