Looks good. Have they increased the RPM on those units? I believe they were only about half the speed of the Dremels when I looked at them years ago. Could be wrong though.

Looks good. Have they increased the RPM on those units? I believe they were only about half the speed of the Dremels when I looked at them years ago. Could be wrong though.

Looks good, but sad to lose the fine adjustment mechanism of screwing the tool into/out of the base a little bit.

I always run at the lowest speed (I think 15,000 RPM), which is just barely quiet enough to use without earmuffs. Mine is Black & Decker knockoff, which I wouldn't really recommend. It had been feeling like it had a bad bearing for a long time so I finally opened it up to see if I could replace it, and I can't believe it works at all. There's only one bearing on the spindle shaft. The other end attaches to the motor shaft with a funky plastic ball joint. So most likely the bit is actually swinging in a conical motion, and that ball joint is constantly rubbing and grinding itself down. I stuck a piece of masking tape on the ball and forced it back together, so at least it's tighter than it was before.

The Dremel turns 35k and feels like it’s gonna explode in your hand.

Seriously? I currently own 5 Dremel tools of different years and styles, and have used them since the late 70's. I've never heard of anyone saying or even thinking a Dremel unit was going to blow up. I've had them wear out brushes, and even had bearings seize and the tool jumped a bit - but they never gave me any indication of exploding. Perhaps you aren't comfortable running machine tools of any kind, or even over-stated your opinion?

You run them at high RPM to reduce the chip load on the cutter. Standard practice.

Same as Dave, I find I usually use the pneumatic inlay tool I got from John Hall. As my Dremels have died off I have not replaced them. I have one left and I keep a cut-off wheel on it for small metal parts. Doesn't mean Dremels are bad, I just prefer other tools.

PM me with your address and I’ll send both of my dremels, no charge.

Done. Let me know the shipping costs once they are on the way, and I'll gladly reimburse you.

Seriously? I currently own 5 Dremel tools of different years and styles, and have used them since the late 70's. I've never heard of anyone saying or even thinking a Dremel unit was going to blow up. I've had them wear out brushes, and even had bearings seize and the tool jumped a bit - but they never gave me any indication of exploding. Perhaps you aren't comfortable running machine tools of any kind, or even over-stated your opinion?

You run them at high RPM to reduce the chip load on the cutter. Standard practice.

I believe the earlier Dremels were somewhat sturdier with less runout. Mine is about 20 years old and still works fine. I cut the binding channels on my first two guitars with it using the Stewmac attachment and it turned out well although upgrading to trim routers sure was a lot easier. I still use mine for rosettes and inlay but have been eyeing the pneumtic ones John Hall has. I have a couple of Proxxon tools with the small, detail belt sander being my favorite. I had looked at their rotary tool some time back but questioned the lower rpm for inlay etc.

You are an awesome possum. Will give them a good home in the Dremel cabinet.

This is a good option. I've got one and find it very useful. It has the same thread as a Dremel so can fit into the SM bases without modification. 5K to 32K. And no cord to yank it around.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M ... Cy9s2vk0I0

I like that it's cordless. Are the threads that fit the SM base hidden under the black nose cone?