mcp6453 wrote:
On 1/25/2010 10:39 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:32:50 -0500, mcp6453 wrote:

On 1/25/2010 10:39 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:39:38 -0500, willshak
wrote:
It is a Dremel.
http://www.owwm.com/Craftsman/manufacturers.aspx?sort=1
Sounds like he needs a Dremel P/N 2612594309
Get a few, they do go bad.
On a lark, I went into chat at SearPartsDirect. The guy on the other end found
the part rather quickly. The part is exactly the one that gfretwell suggested.
It's a $2 part, but with tax and shipping, it's $10.30. However, he did give me
a $10 coupon for signing up for the spam list, for which I have a special email
account anyway. So, for 30¢, I have a good Dremel tool. (The one I have is
actually a Dremel 275-3, as it turns out.)

It has been surprisingly difficult to locate parts and diagrams on the Dremel
site. They have the operations manual for the 275-3, but I could not find an
exploded diagram or a parts list. I'm still looking.

As of the last year, I have made it a firm policy to download a copy of all of
the online documents that are available for a tool or a piece of electronics
equipment. The documents for the tools I received for Christmas were downloaded
within a couple of days. Sometimes these documents disappear. If no PDF version
of the manual is available for download, before I lose it, I scan my manual and
post it to a public site.

In summary, the tool probably does not have to go to the trash can. Giving
credit where credit it due, I was able to obtain the necessary information and
part from Sears. Now I have to figure out how the brush caps attach. They don't
have screw caps like the regular Dremels do.

I got mine in a pawn shop for a buck after I showed him it was
"broken" (bad coupler). I knew about the parts. You can replace just
about everything on these old Dremels and they will last forever.

BTW if you have a chain saw, get the right Dremel bit for your chain.
It is the only way to sharpen one. In about 5 minutes you will have it
chopping out big chips, just like a new one.

I actually now have 3 Dremels: 2 old ones and one new battery one. They're neat
tools.

While I have a chain saw, it has not been used enough to dull the blade. It's a
cheap, electric one. How hard is it to get the angle correct on the tooth?

Back in the stone age, I briefly had a small gas saw, till garage got
robbed. When I bought it, I also picked up a file and one of those
little jig things that sits over the bar, and provides a groove at the
right angle to pull the file across. Made doing touch-ups almost
painless. Didn't have the saw long enough to wear out the chain.
Now I have one of those toy electrics, that I picked up for 15 bucks at
a garage sale, from a guy that just moved into a condo. Too wimpy to do
any production cutting, but works fine for the 3-4 fallen limbs a year I
need to chop up. So far, it has stayed sharp, and I anticipate getting
many years out of it. If it ever gets too dull, I'll probably just buy a
new chain, or another garage sale saw.

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