Dremel Tool use and accessories in Dive Center Service Department

[seaseadee]

This "brand" is equivalent to the "Dremel" brand?

I sell both brands here in the US. The Proxxon quality here is a lot higher than the Dremel Stuff ( at least for the stuff we sell). Plus if you get it in Europe it will be 220/50

 

[martincohn]

Just be VERY carful around soft materials. Don't ask how I know...

 

[spoolin01]

The Dremel gets extensive use in cleaning poorly maintained regs after degreasing and vinegar treatment in the sonicator. I use a variety of brass bristle brushes - round, various cup styles - primarily, fiber bristle brushes for plastic parts, and stainless for the occasional intractable encrustation. I buy the bulk Chinese versions on eBay, as the brushes deform, wear down, and lose bristles pretty readily no matter which you use. That persistant itch on your stomach or side? A launched bristle in your T-shirt. Various bronze "bottle brush" style gun cleaning brushes also can be similarly employed.

I use a corded model - can't recall which, a mainline model - typically on lowest speed.

The Dremel is also good for polishing metal or plastic such as gauge/computer faces, in places hard to reach with a bigger polishing wheel, using the various felt wheels. The cutoff wheels - fiber or mineral - also find regular use in the workshop, though I can't recall many scuba-related needs for such. Ditto for the sanding drums. The abrasive-impregnated rubber polishing tools are a milder alternative to sanding drums, but still fairly aggressive on soft metal. I haven't found any of the grinding accessories - stone, steel, or diamond - to be much good for anything but plastic or non-ferrous metal. They just aren't good quality. I'd say the great disappointment of the Dremel is the generally poor quality of the bits.

 

[happy-diver]

No holding!

Must use extension shaft thing

 

[JohnnyC]

Dremels suck. What you really want is a Foredom motor, either one of the Flexshaft series or the micromotors.

See here: 230 Volt-Int'l Models | FOREDOM

That's the international voltage version. They don't suck like Dremel tools do.

 

[АлександрД]

Dremels suck. What you really want is a Foredom motor, either one of the Flexshaft series or the micromotors.
See here: 230 Volt-Int'l Models | FOREDOM
That's the international voltage version. They don't suck like Dremel tools do.

Yes, big motor is better for long time work, beyond question, but for seldom usage is enough even Chineese tools

If we will continue this idea, we can go to the air tools like Micro grinders
https://aliexpress.com/item/33036604289.html

I think, for divers it could be more usefull, than electric

BTW - is anybody had to try it? How is it good?

 

[spoolin01]

Flexshaft tools are fine and smaller profile, but in some respects unwieldy and not as quick handling due to the long stiff flex drive.

 

[seaseadee]

Dremels suck. What you really want is a Foredom motor, either one of the Flexshaft series or the micromotors.

See here: 230 Volt-Int'l Models | FOREDOM

That's the international voltage version. They don't suck like Dremel tools do.

I also sell the Foredom and he's right. There is a significant quality difference over and above Proxxon and Dremel. I just didnt'r realise they sold a 220/50 version. If you can get that, you're golden.