This Week's Useful Gadget
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:34 am
I thought it was time to resurrect my 'This Week's Useful Gadget' recommendation.
This week it is the Dremel multi function tool. I'm sure a lot of you will be familiar with this and might own one already but this post is for everyone else.
I've seen these advertised before and have always lumped it in with the 'toy' tools. The sort of thing that gets advertised on TV just before Christmas. Probably manufactured by Ronco or sold by that chap who was so impressed that he bought the company. In the same bracket as the handheld sewing machine or the gadget that removes fluff from your woolly tights.
I was wrong! I read some reviews on the Dremel and took delivery of my Dremel 3000 today from Screwfix. It has a 40" flexible drive extension and a box of tools for polishing, sanding, grinding, cutting discs. I'm just using the pointed grindstone on my cyclemotor barrel and it is perfect for the job. It's only a small stone but it's not showing signs of wear yet.
The tool has a good feel to it quality-wise. Variable speed from quite slow to very whizzy. Supplied in a durable plastic case. I wish I had bought one some time ago. Naturally there are a huge number of fake Dremels on Ebay so please be careful about buying.
Although the Dremel cost me £70 I will save that very quickly on unnecessary visits to the dentist and hygienist as I can now carry out that work myself.
Cheers. Bruce.
This week it is the Dremel multi function tool. I'm sure a lot of you will be familiar with this and might own one already but this post is for everyone else.
I've seen these advertised before and have always lumped it in with the 'toy' tools. The sort of thing that gets advertised on TV just before Christmas. Probably manufactured by Ronco or sold by that chap who was so impressed that he bought the company. In the same bracket as the handheld sewing machine or the gadget that removes fluff from your woolly tights.
I was wrong! I read some reviews on the Dremel and took delivery of my Dremel 3000 today from Screwfix. It has a 40" flexible drive extension and a box of tools for polishing, sanding, grinding, cutting discs. I'm just using the pointed grindstone on my cyclemotor barrel and it is perfect for the job. It's only a small stone but it's not showing signs of wear yet.
The tool has a good feel to it quality-wise. Variable speed from quite slow to very whizzy. Supplied in a durable plastic case. I wish I had bought one some time ago. Naturally there are a huge number of fake Dremels on Ebay so please be careful about buying.
Although the Dremel cost me £70 I will save that very quickly on unnecessary visits to the dentist and hygienist as I can now carry out that work myself.
Cheers. Bruce.