dremel head for sanding?

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Anyone use a dremel to sand your seams? IF so what Head do you use?

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I have a dremel and find that it is too fast (even on the slowest setting), too much friction, too hot = too much melting!! Personally I use a liquid glue that ‘melts’ the seams together and find that with a little fine sanding and patience in the ‘joining’ process, the seam is often not noticeable. If it requires clean-up, a little putty usually does the trick.

I do have a small rotary tool that I bought at a discount store that I use for ‘rough’ shaping. It was intended to be used for manicures, but I find it is just the right speed for working with plastic. It takes a couple of AA batteries and dremel bits fit right into the end of it.

There’s lots of other methods too. I’m sure a few people will post some alternatives.

Murray

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HEY,
What is the name of the discount dremel you got? It sounds like it works pretty good and i want one. Thanks.

Randy

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I’ll take some pics of it and post a reply later tonight. However, it’s not a dremel. It’s actually billed as a ‘manicure tool’ and it comes with several bits that would normally be used on fingernails. However, I just got another one that is billed as an engraving tool it just has one bit, but the dremel bits fit into this one easier. Both take two AA batteries and have only one speed.

Murray

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Yeah, Murray. You just want another excuse to play around with your camera. [;)][:p]

Ray

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Yep, I’ll take any excuse I can get…

Here’s the pic (not a very good one…). I got it at Princess Auto here in Saskatoon. Cost was $8.99. The other one (that’s used for manicure stuff) is packed away in boxes in my basement, but is essentially the same thing (looks a little more feminine though…)

Murray

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I use many different heads for sanding. Different places need different heads wether it be fuse, wing root, leading edge, ect. Just be careful, I’ve had bad experiences when you sand to long or hard and heat up the plastic to the point that it melts, and then you have a lot more work on your hands.

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I have a dremel kit my Dad gave me. (Metal box) I have a regulator to slow the drill down.

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for rotary needs i use a normal bocsh drill with a “flexi curve” attachment that basically turns it into a dremmel. very nice [:D] fits ALL bits you can think of since it has a real chuck.