I just got my dremel a few weeks ago and I'm loving it. Only problem I've been running into is the expensive pricing on some of the bits. After buying a few necessary bits, I found it is much better to buy these things in kits.
When I first bought the dremel, I picked up some heavy duty wheels for $5 since I'd be using cut-off wheels the most. A week later I find that for $10 I could've bought the 69 piece cut-off wheel kit that includes the same amount of heavy duty wheels, the standard wheels, some fiberglass wheels and some of the monster wheels. Kinda sucked, but I learned my lesson on that one.
Second problem I've run into is wasting about $3 on the multi-purpose cutting bit #561. I bought the Multi Purpose Cutting Kit which conatins the 2 drywall bits and the #561 bit, but the 561 in the kit was different from the one I bought seperately. The one in the kit cuts much better and has a tighter spiral than the one that didn't come in the kit. Next time I go to the hardware store, I'm going to talk to one of the hardware guys and ask why that is(along with an email to Dremel).
So anyways, a couple dollars wasted here and there, but I'm a fast learner so I'm ok. I would like to pass on this info so others don't make the same mistake. I also figure I can learn some more from the people posting in this thread, so all corrections or tips are appreciated.
First things first, sounds like I'm gonna have to go pickup some diamond wheels to test them out.
Second, where is a good place to buy some of the harder to find kits? I'm most interested in the Carbide Cutter Kit #693. Those tungsten carbide bits are pretty expensive and I'm pretty sure I could find a use for all the ones in the kit instead of buying them seperately. So far the only store I've found that has them is
http://store.yahoo.com/tylertool/drempowtoola.html . I've checked with Lowe's and Home Depots in my area and they don't carry it along with the online stores.
Last, for now, how hot is too hot for the dremel? I had a generic imitation dremel that I used for about 45 minutes once that got too hot and burned out. Sometimes while doing some hard cuts on my case(where I can't use a jigsaw), I'll be using the dremel for 30+ minutes with few cool downs and I wonder if it'll give out like my generic dremel did...? I've read 2 mod guides where the guys' dremels broke down and had to finish projects without them. Any advice on extended use?
Any other information on the dremel you might find important to know, I'll appreciate. Also, any kits or particular bits that you recommend are good to know(for example, I like using the #199 High Speed Cutter for plastic drive covers).
