Parkside "Dremel" endfloat?

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Just finished a job for which the "Dremel" was, not just the best, but seemingly the only tool which would "cut it" : - the lead-out grooves (222 of them) for the 37, 16mm diameter deadeyes for a scratch-built model yacht. Mine (the tool that is) is the 2019 cordless version, and I've had plenty of time to consider the making of jigs, accessories etc that would make it more generally useful, now that I'm into small scale stuff like this model, but it seems to me that the endfloat is going to be it's limitation. Mine has 2mm - no real problem when using burrs, wire brushes, grinding stones etc (the kind of stuff I've been using up to now) but my set of accessories includes a tiny plunge router bit, 2.5mm diameter x 3mm deep - I don't see that working at all well, however accurate and rigid a mini router table I might make. So I'm wondering if there is any point in taking it apart to see if I can improve matters at all. Is that in fact excessive for one of these things, or are they all like that from new? Would a real Dremel be the thing to invest in?
 
If you mean the 'end float' is the amount the 'chuck' moves in and out of the 'motor', my Dremel doesn't seem to have any, having just checked.
I did have a parkside cordless 'dremel' years ago but binned it as never used and it was bulkier and didn't feel as good as my corded Dremel.
 
I keep the Dremel for the lighter/ cleaner work, I have a cheap Black & Decker copy which gets used for the hard dirty jobs, it works as well as the Dremel and was about a third of the price. What I have found useful is the right angle adaptor for the Dremel
it expands the usability tight spaces.
No end float on either unit.
 
Thanks for your replies. Bumping this up again in the hope of getting more recommendations. Review sites are absolutely useless (one had a "top 4 cordless rotary tools" containing 3 manifestly corded models)
It seems that the end-play is spring loaded. (It must be intended - I wonder why).
I can push the chuck in by 2mm with the shaft-lock on or with the motor running but I doubt that the loading would be enough to stop a router bit from wobbling up and down in use.
If you (Praxinoscope) are using the Band D for heavy jobs to spare a corded Dremel I would think it can't be the one I can find currently available online - the one with a 7watt motor.
 
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