spider

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I've decided I'd like to get one of those mini-drill tools; i.e those made famous by Dremel.

Anyone got any recommendations on makes? I know there was a test of some in one of the car magazines recently but, annoyingly, I can't remember which mag!

IIRC, it wasn't a Dremel that won - it was another make that came all boxed up with flexi-shaft and loads of different tools such as cutting, grinding, and polishing heads.

All help appreciated
Steve

r32

If you're looking for a small or mini tool then look no further.

Plenty on here!

Henrik

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c_maguire

I have one of the early Dremels and a Black and Decker Wizard I inherited from a sacked work colleague. As far as these two go, I can tell you the Dremel is way better. The speed can be more finely controlled, it's not ergonomically designed like the B&D to make it more user friendly but actually doing the opposite, and it's just of a higher quality. However, for all I know the current Dremel (which is a lot cheaper than when I bought last century) might be made in China.
Kevin

Shark Man

I bought a "fairline" (they used to be branded as "budget" ) one for £10+vat from Makro...Includes metal storage case, flexi-cable thingy, desk clamp/hanger, plus a couple of attachments to get you started.

Will accept the same tools as a Dremel, but I bought a 120pc kit from B&Q for £15 which had plenty of grinding disks to chew through.

Having borrowed my uncle's Dremel countless time, I can say its no different to use, barring the price. You still munch through grinding/sanding disks at a fair rate be it genuine Dremel or not!

stevebt

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Its not as small as the dremmel but the battery life is in a different league, I use a dewalt dc550 cut out tool. It can take all the fixings that go into the dremmel

DC550 18V dewalt cut out tool router dry wall zip tool on eBay, also Drills, Drills, Power Tools, Business, Office Industrial (end time 15-Jul-08 22:02:34 BST)

alcazar

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Recently bought a set off e-bay, made by Kinzo in Holland, flexi-shaft, attachments and decent tool.

£20 all in, packed in a foam lined ally case

The only thing I would have like it to have that it lacks is a proper chuck, not collets. but they are also available off e-bay for a couple of quid

Alcazar

spider

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All good info - thanks guys.

Still wish I could remember the mag that had the review in!