On 06/06/2010 20:53, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Roger
saying something like:

On 06/06/2010 10:53, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

Fast forward many years and I bought a cheapy Lidl dremel-a-like and
it's been in regular use. It's surprising how much service it gets
pressed in to when it's part of my tool mindset.

Care to elaborate on what you use it for? It might give me some ideas!

Recently:

In a diy projector project; cutting ABS plastic shroud off a monitor and
leaving it as a holder/frame for the LCD - zipped through it like
butter, the small black wheels are fine for plastic cutting.

For cutting awkward and rusty nuts and bolts, diamond coated wheels are
magic - available via ebay for a fiver-ish a pack of six, and last for
ages. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/290324484672 I removed a rusty and broken
cast iron manifold off the back of an Italian boiler using these - it
would have been difficult and tedious otherwise.

For general small work, grinding and drilling etc, it's proved
invaluable and much more convenient than a drill.

It's just horses for courses really - the price they are now, you can't
afford to not try one.


Useful - thanks. I've got one, but don't think to use it that often.
Must try harder!
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Cheers,
Roger
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