Dremel

[Darken]

WOO I just finally got my dremel in my hands (had to sneak it back into the box and rewrap it this morning hehe)

Serriusly if you don't have one of these and you do anything with metal minis get one i just did in 10 minutes what it would have taken me hours to do by hand with a hand file and xacto knife.

 

[Greg Smith]

Having spent hours drilling holes in a liner to convert into a mothership, I have vowed to get one.

 

[Ben2]

Dremels and drills are a god send. What used to take me hours to pin now takes minutes.

 

[CaptBavo]

Dremels are the only way to go

 

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

There is no way I could have done my ISA Victory without a dremel, I don't know what I did before I had one.

 

[Shadow Queen]

had 1 for 2 years and it rocks

 

[Greg Smith]

So does it have to be a Dremel, or is something like this sufficient?

 

[Shadow Queen]

you may need a smaller collit for the pinning

 

[hegemon]

Greg I have the rotacraft non cordless and it does the job for me, just need to get a replacement drill bit.

 

[lastbesthope]

So does it have to be a Dremel, or is something like this sufficient?

Maplin have a couple of good offers on on RotaCraft tool things until Xmas Eve

LBH

 

[klingsor]

I have had one of the old, now out of production, Minicraft mini drills for years. In one respect at least it is superior to the Dremels, it comes with an adjustable chuck so you can use any drill bit or accessory that will fit not just those made specifically for it like a Dremel. The Dremel adjustable chuck is an accessory – and probably the most important one you can buy.

I would be less enthusiastic about recommending any mini drill. I own three of them but none of them really see enough use to justify their existence. On the other hand though thee are jobs that would be horribly tedious without them – and lets face it, apart from a scalpel, straight edge, cutters and files (though mostly one hero file) nothing really sees enough use to justify its purchase though few have been outright wastes of money.

With the little sanding drum the cordless Dremel is pretty good for removing hard skin from the soles of your feet. Disgusting but better than anything else apart from coarse sandpaper.

 

[Darken]

I got one of the new dremel models with the excessory pack and it included the chuck in it made me happy lol

 

[axolos]

I have never bought a dremel. What should I look for when getting one? Anything special? Any recommendations?

(Planning to assemble some ACTA miniatures soon.)

Thanks!

 

[McKickaha]

Bought a new Dremel last year, replacing my 10 year old one, great machines but I hardly ever use a dremel for working on minis or scratchbuildling for that matter.

Used a Dremel twice in memory for a mini, one to remove some of the excess metal from the engine section on a Warlock, there was just no other way to do it

And 2 to remove the metal from the bays of a freighter, to hollow them out, which I then used to make the "Space Race".

Always find Dremels are just too clunky for precision work on minis.

For drilling I use pin vices every time.

 

[M1ndr1d3rs]

And 2 to remove the metal from the bays of a freighter, to hollow them out, which I then used to make the "Space Race".

Was always wondering how you did that fine little ship. Did you use a razor saw to crack open the hatch? I was always too frenetic to get a good result I guess.

 

[McKickaha]

And 2 to remove the metal from the bays of a freighter, to hollow them out, which I then used to make the "Space Race".

Was always wondering how you did that fine little ship. Did you use a razor saw to crack open the hatch? I was always too frenetic to get a good result I guess.

No, 2 reasons why not;

(1) For me, trying to keep a long razor saw cut square and precise is to be avoided unless there are no other options. Can be done, as in my halving of a shadow scout for the eclipse but slow, challenging and risky.

(2) Even with a razor saw would have lost the "cut" section, (blade thickness0, of the metal so at best would have only got 1 usable half.

I was always going to make 2 versions of the Space race, 1 with Q ship weapons exposed and fortunately, LC's Space race had only 4 pods, so I had 8 Spare pods from two freighter models. So I took a unit of 4 of these and filed the "top" half of 2 of the pods away down to the mid line using a std metalworking flat file, a much faster and a lot less risky method than the razor saw. Took another separate 2 pods and did the same, these becoming the open top pod halves. Dug out the inner section of all 4 with a Dremel to take the guns. energy batteries and missiles.