Dremel cares about us!

[johnboyjjb]

Originally posted by No Such Agency
Specifically the spherical, cylindrical and cone-shaped varieties. You can mill a lot of pewter off a mini with amazing precision (or make a horrific mistake very quickly if your hand slips!)

Yes, I have one of those. I was expecting them to work well. I wasn\'t expecting them to remove quite so much when my hand did slip. That is quite right. I think my bit might be a bit too big too. The 5/16 work just isn\'t cut out for tight precision work.

 

[Evil Dave]

It would be easy to talk my wife into us getting one, I married one of those rare women who took shop class and loved it.
We were at Home Depot the other day and we saw this miniature bandsaw, one of the clerks walked by and said, \"She\'ll never let you get it.\"
My wife spun around and said, \"Actually we were looking at it for me.\"
The guy stopped in his tracks, his jaw dropped and he said, \"Can you please talk to my wife.\"lol

 

[freakinacage]

lol

i have to say - these look neat. may have to get one as my draper (although very good) is larger and requires a cable. looking at the state of my bedroom - i have to streamline!!

one of the links says that it\'s minimum rotation speed is 5000rpm - would that be too much for a resin mini?

 

[atacam]

I also like the look of this.

Can\'t find it anywhere in the UK.

Anyone know of any idea when it will be available here?

 

[Ratcals]

Great find! Thanks, I ordered one from Ebay. Now I just have to hope it arrives after I get home from my current trip so the wife doesn\'t see it first.

 

[Orchid Noir]

I\'m still trying to find one like I had when I was a teen. Hanging motor, flex shaft, and, the big part, a foot pedal to control the speed, damn I loved that thing.
Used it almost daily to clean where people had put to much glaze on a piece before firing and left them with, basically, hanging drops of glass on the bottoms. I miss the thing everytime I work with one since.

 

[supervike]

Its a ploy!!

Dremel only cares about causing blood to run and fingers to get cut! It strengthens their cult!

Run away! Run away!

Blood for the Blood God.

 

[Einion]

I don\'t understand why people can\'t use their normal Dremels for precise work - is it their size making them hard to hold or the lowest speed setting removing material too quickly?

About bits this former thread might be handy:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=12171
Plus from planetFigure:
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8206
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7557

Originally posted by Orchid Noir
I\'m still trying to find one like I had when I was a teen. Hanging motor, flex shaft, and, the big part, a foot pedal to control the speed, damn I loved that thing.
Used it almost daily to clean where people had put to much glaze on a piece before firing and left them with, basically, hanging drops of glass on the bottoms. I miss the thing everytime I work with one since.

These are the gold standard IMO. I used one in jewellery classes in art school and man, there is nothing to compare - you can get them from jewellery-tool suppliers. I think I might have a link, if so I\'ll post it later.

Originally posted by hakoMike
Hmmmm... my wife is a gadget freak. I\'ll bet I could make her think it was her idea to buy one... :idea:

Genius!

Einion

 

[johnboyjjb]

Thanks for the link Einion. I must have missed that thread the first time.

 

[finn18]

I want one!!!

I actually prefer hand tools with low torque for mini modelling. My current favourite is a battery powered Ryobi. Last time I used my \'man-size\' Dremel the cutter bit in too deeply and the mini was torn from my hands and thrown across the room:wow:

 

[airhead]

Originally posted by finn18
I actually prefer hand tools with low torque for mini modelling. My current favourite is a battery powered Ryobi. Last time I used my \'man-size\' Dremel the cutter bit in too deeply and the mini was torn from my hands and thrown across the room:wow:

Pics, Finn, Pics. We demand proof that you work on minis.

 

[Grumb]

I second that...I think its just a scam so Fynn can pad his post count...??? lol

I dare you to post a mini Steve...I double dare you...I double DOG dare you......

Cheers,
Grumb

 

[finn17]

This one is about 15 years old...

 

[airhead]

OMG!!! Finn can actually paint and post a mini.

Put it in your gallery so we can vote on it...

 

[supervike]

That is wonderful mr. Finn! Just to get a little glimpse into your mini-world is pretty cool!

What figure is that vampire looking fellow, just to the right of the cart.

 

[Wren]

I love it! And I join the party lobbying for you to post more of your stuff.

 

[finn17]

It\'s a boxed set from \'Alternative Armies\'

I think it was called Graviski Reanimator Unit. It was to do with zombie armies in the Napoleonic Wars..of course.

I was chuffed at the time to paint the zombie dwarf assistants as if they were wearing *Marigold* gloves.

Hey! still available apparently..

http://www.flintloque.com/acatalog/ALTERNATIVE_ARMIES_UNDEAD_of_the_WITCHLANDS___Personalities___Devices_71.html