DREMEL - anything but !

[Graham376]

My Silverline chuck has worn out and lacks grip now ... cannot find replacement as its strange size compared to other brands and Silverline could not even supply me one direct !!

If you can borrow another machine, cutting a slit in the collet with a fine blade may solve the problem.

 

[WindyWindyWindy]

I burnt out my Dremel surprisingly easily and replaced it with an einhell one, which hasn't burnt out despite burning out the chuck a couple of times.

Parkside do a grinder with a flexi-Dremel style power take off which looks useful.

 

[thinwater]

Die grinder. You may be asking a boy to do a man's job. Pneumatic die grinders have been a shop staple for yearly 100 years, but there are cordless ones now.

 

[Refueler]

If you can borrow another machine, cutting a slit in the collet with a fine blade may solve the problem.

I have plenty of tapered collets ... problem is Silverline use a strange outside diameter of collet. I can mix collets with my other 3 machines - but not with the Silverline.

I even have many different tapered collets to hold props on model aircraft motors .... none of those fit either.

 

[Habebty]

I had 2 mains Dremels at £50 each, both failed at the field windings where the fine wire disappears through the inner case. I keep repairing it but bought a £16 cordless Parkside from Lidl, which has been fine. Looks and feels the same quality as a Dremel but more reliable. Charges in about 15 minutes. Definitely worth looking out for.

 

[Refueler]

Lidl has arrived here in Ventspils. Latvia ....... but minus the Managers Specials and other goodies you lot in UK etc. have ....