Dremel 400 in Woodies €131

po0k

http://www.woodiesdiy.com/productdetail.aspx?pid=7232&loc=P&catid=10.13

Considering buying one of these. With the flexishaft included, it works out cheaper than eBay.

Is anyone able to suggest sources for accessories and bits?

hopeful

Thats a nice deal.

I found good accessories in both Maplin and B&Q. B&Q have the Dremel branded gear but also a non-branded set of accessories. Maplin have various stuff.

conzy

why do the modding community love teh dremmel so much?

A jigsaw is much better for most jobs and it doesnt take several hundred blades and half an hour to cut a whole

hopeful

You want to try cutting a 1" square hole on the inside of a Lian Li with a jigsaw? There are some jobs that a Dremel does and some that it don't

awhir

oh hopeful put back ur old pic

TonyM.

http://www.radionics.ie/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/searchBrowseAction.do?D=Dremel 400 Multi tool&Ntk=I18NAll&Nr=AND%28avl%3aie%2csearchDiscon_ie%3aN%29&Nty=1&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&Ntt=Dremel 400 Multi tool&Ntx=mode matchany&N=0&name=SiteStandard&forwardingPage=line&R=5348947&callingPage=/jsp/search/search.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@1617140034.1166475026@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdfaddjjgmdjgdcefeceeldgkidhgi.0&cacheID=ienetscape

TonyM.

http://www.radionics.ie/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/searchBrowseAction.do?obs=sObs&name=SiteStandard&No=0&N=0&Ntk=I18NAll&Ntt=dremel&Nty=1&D=dremel&Ntx=mode matchpartial&Dx=mode matchpartial&callingPage=/jsp/browse/browse.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@1617140034.1166475026@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdfaddjjgmdjgdcefeceeldgkidhgi.0&cacheID=ienetscape&Nr=avl:ie

The extras are here.

gline

yeh dremel is good for some light duty stuff, but i used a jigsaw to cut a pc case in half before, now way i would have dont that with a dremel, also if you want a round hole cut use a hole saw in a drill instead of a dremel

L31mr0d

gline wrote:

also if you want a round hole cut use a hole saw in a drill instead of a dremel

12cm hole saws are hard to come by, even the 8cm variety are rare and when you do find them they are expensive. I bought an 8cm hole saw and used it a total of once. If you've got a steady hand and the right dremel cutting disks for the material you're cutting then a dremel can be just as good.

Oh and conzy, if you have to ask why a modder loves a dremel then you obviously don't have one. I couldn't count the amount of times i've been in a situation where I would of been lost without my dremel, not just modding the computer. The one thing i'm missing is the flexishaft (the B&Q "performance pro" one is a pos) Might check woodies and see if they are selling it seperately for cheap.

Oh and syxpak, even though the B&Q "performance pro" tool is useless, the bits and accesories for it are pretty decent (except the flexishaft :mad:) I got a kit of bits/disks/pads from B&Q for €10, it would of cost me well over €100 to buy all of them from Dremel. All the bits are still working now, and the disks cut just as good as the dremel branded ones, I compared them with the disks I got free with my dremel. I cut 2 lines through some aluminium to see which disk would run out first. They where both pretty even.

hopeful

TBH I don't have a Dremel

I do have this set though that I bought via Adverts



Probably doesn't have the power of a Dremel but is much smaller and lighter as it has an external PSU. Also has a car adapter for those times when you are broken down in the middle of nowhere and just have to get that mod finished :rolleyes: The mini-jigsaw is great for smaller stuff although the blades are hard to get and are no good with anything thicker than 2mm.

Anyone thought of a new hobby...Dremel mods! A plexi window to show the innards and maybe an LED or two

L31mr0d

personally, I haven't been doing a lot with my dremel as I wouldn't dare to go near my P180 with it. Been using it with some polishing paste and a felt bit to give a finish to my lapping jobs. I've also been doing a bit of etching with the assortment of etching bits that come in the B&Q pack.

Here's an old pic of something I achieved with my dremel: The window, plexiglass, etch, LED mount holes, bolt holes and 8cm fan hole where all achieved using a dremel 395 and some B&Q bits.

Pokes

I got the Power Craft 160watt combi tool that was in aldi last week.Was only 24.99 and has stand , flexishaft and 45 accessories.They even had a 101 piece accessory kit for 5.99.Couldnt resist it

po0k

The Dremel400 stood out for me as it has a wider RPM range, particularly in the low-end: 5,000-35,000
This makes it more capable when it comes to engraving/etching plastics.

Pity I missed the Aldi tool, would've picked one up for that price.

pred racer

Guys, for the big jobs forget a jigsaw....an angle grinder is the only way to fly.....ive got 2 a 4" and a 9", to cut a case in half would take me about 3 mins...:D

conzy

pffffff a grinder? :rolleyes:

Plasma cutters FTW!

TonyM.

http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/05/31/gryphon_flying.html



Completly off topic.

pred racer

conzymaher wrote:

pffffff a grinder? :rolleyes:

Plasma cutters FTW!

Hmmm, you got a point there conzy:D

po0k

Have access to something very much like this.

I needs to review my CAD/CAM.

unklerosco

The 400 is cheaper in BnQ.. The Gf got me one for Xmass, she only paid €68 for it tho as it scanned as the 300 on the system.. :-)

If anyones looking for the Aldi one, the branch in ashbourne had a load left last night..

po0k

I received the Li-Ion cordless Dremel for Christmas. It's savage.
Torque isn't a factor with dremels, the lack of an umbilical cord give you a heck of alot of freedom, and the battery holds sufficient charge for a few jobs at a time.
I'm considering investing in a flexshaft and maybe a second battery once I've used this a little more.

awhir

what ya use it for work or just for the odd mod?

po0k

First thing I tried it out on was my stacker, needed to trim a lip of metal below the top PSU bay to allow the MB tray to be rotated 180* for WTX config.
It got the job done.

Last night, in combination with my hot-glue-gun, I put an 80mm papst fan in my xbox.

I have some more things I'm going to be doing with it, they just don't come to mind.
Several times duirng the year I've wanted to do something, but couldn't because I had no such tool to hand, hacksaws/jigsaws are only good for so much, useless for intricate cuts.
Broken 3 cut-off wheels already, two of them whilst trying to pull the shaft out of the collet with the wheel still attached.

Hot-glue gun is great craic btw.