On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:36:57 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On 20 Mar 2005 14:17:59 -0800, the inscrutable "beee"
spake:

I'm looking to buy a rotary tool to sand and detail small parts (dense
foam and plastic). I've seen some cheaper rotary tools and am
considering them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting

Here's one I've seen at Target. It has a lot of the grinding bits I
would use and a flex shaft and its only $25. Would I be throwing away
my money if I bought something like this? Should I go for the Dremel
instead? (similar Dremel set would cost $75).

I picked up one of the $7.95 kits (on sale) at Harbor Freight last
month and was surprised at how beefy the teeny little motor was. If
you have one local to you, go look.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=41695


hmm... I got the same one, knowing it would be crap... (which it was, IMO)
Main reason for ordering it was that I was running out of cheap bits and the
ones that come with the 12V kit are pretty good for the price..

Maybe you got the turbo model, Larry, the one I got bogs down if you lean the
little sanding drum against anything tougher than air.. lol

OTOH, I've heard that the HF 110v 4 speed one is a pretty good tool....


mac

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