Question: Slow Drill

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I have a 2 speed Dremel rotary tool. It works fine except that it’s too fast (on the slower speed) to drill through plastic parts. I was searching for a voltage regulator box, but they seamed to be expensive, $300 and up.

My question is does the Dremel with variable speed is slow enough for scale model plastics?
Does anyone know of a good inexpensive variable voltage regulator?

Thanks

Steve

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Welcome to the forum!

You might want to try one of these…I own one and love it.

http://www.ww2modelmaker.com/microtoolpg.htm

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Thanks, looks like a good and afortable solution. Which set would you recomed to get together with the drill tool?

Steve

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I like the control a pinvise offers for drilling precision holes in styrene.

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Agree with Woody for drilling I also mostly use a pinvise, the router I got has a build in speed-control and is rather small which i find a bonus for getting into tight places and also allows me to move it easily without my hand cramping up.

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so Pinvise is a hand drill? Which one you think is best? I saw couple of them from deferent manufactures, like squadron, Testors, and more. I also saw Spiral Hand Drill & Spring by Zona Tool Co. Looks like a good one. What do you think?

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I got 2, one is a generic make the other one is made by Tamiya.
They all are pretty much the same, should be able to hold a variety of thicknesses and have a swivel end to prevent blister. Those take from 0.1mm~3.2mm bits.

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I have four including a spiral drill. I use my Masocot with larger bits as it has four cullet sizes. I use the spiral if I’m drilling a bunch of holes. I have a small one which I use for single holes and very small holes. I can’t remember the brand, perhapes a Zona. I don’t use my Excel brand pinvise very much and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. It’s all Aluminum and it’s construction is rather sloppy.

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Get a pin-vise, one that would be comfortable for you to use, I would not advise using fine drill bits in a Dremel. At even a slow speed, if the bit breaks(and they do) it will send small chunks in all directions and could cause serious injury.
John
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