mikeyb10supra Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 is the dremel kit up to cutting aluminium sheets etc?? can anyone reccomend it from experience? got some bodywork mods to do and a bit of ducting which I need it for Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk-rich Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Best thing for cutting aluminium sheet is a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 As above or a nibbler,they are good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 how about on thin aluminium and fiberglass?? ive just gone and ordered one now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk-rich Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 not really good for cutting stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 theres a couple of builders merchants selling a product at the moment capable of cutting almost any product with one specially designed blade. not sure if its any good but the concept seems ideal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 When building the kitcar I cut the ali panels with metal cutters. Like giant scissors. Jigsaw tends to cut funny, melt the alu and give an edge that needs filing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supradibbs Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 you need a set off tin snips or you could use a cutting disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 you need a set off tin snips or you could use a cutting disc That's it - tin snips! Not "metal cutters like scissors" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 dremel kit can cut metal, steel even but it is not really cutting more wearing it out. It usually comes with the discs which feel like sand paper and the dremel spin it at high speed and it grind out a line of metal where you want to cut. Very Very slow process....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Aviation snips, use them at work for cutting stainless, inconnel and titanium without a problem. Some on ebay fairly cheap, much better than the 'Gilbow' type tin snips. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 We're sponsered by dremel. My personal opinion is, it's shit. Just before the Silverstone GP, Dremel had some kind of an event at our place where they got dans in and they had a challange to make a toy car using their stuff, with the plan to race them afterwards. We had a team in that was supposed to "show them how it's done". We showed them alright. Went into the workshop and used the industrial stuff we've got in there. Nobody else finished, as the dremel cutters were so underpowered you had to cut things really slowly (by the way we're only talking about wood here, mahogany IIRC) and the blades in the old vibro saw's kept snapping. They only brought one group down, realised it was all cack and that was that. Just my opinion obviously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I got a Dremel some mths back purely to do those little jobs that they are actually good for, not really designed to do much more than fine detail stuff though. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I use mine for polishing my mobile phone, every bloody weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I was VERY dissapointed with my dremel. Like you say - ok for small stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 There are a few variants of the Dremel. The cheaper ones are less powerful - and the rechargable ones are toy-business. what do you expect? I've got the original mains unit and it's pretty good. Not for cutting stuff ofcourse, more like polishing, drilling and grinding. For more serious jobs I use compressed-air tools though, the Dremel was a XMas gift lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Ah but if you remember the adverts, it was supposed to be the do anything tool, cutting, drilling, grinding, etc. Jack of all trades, master of none? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 what do you expect? As the man above says. The ads make out it's much better than it is... but then what's new? Mine's the better mains powered version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffvalenti Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I use mine for polishing my mobile phone, every bloody weekend. Now you really need to get out more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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