Dremel with router attachment

[16el]

Will this work well for trimming laminate and slotting for t-molding?  Will it be powerful enough to cut mdf with?

[Inaba]

While you could probably do it... the whole point of having a router is to prevent you from cutting too deeply into the site of the cab/cp.

The router has a bearing (arbor) stop that keeps the cutting blade an exact distance from the edge of the part being trimmed.  With a free standing Dremel, you'd have wobble, and are liable to end up cutting into parts of the cab/cp you don't want to be cutting into.  The router allows yoo to keep a perfectly horizontal (or verticle) shaft positioning, while not allowing the cutting blade to wander too close.

[rampy]

Read the original  post again. If I may humbly suggest, up the comprehension skills slider to the right (it's in your control panel).

I believe functionally, yes, using the dremel WITH THE ROUTER attachment (i.e. not freehand) will work, OK.  If you have a lot of laminate/tmolding slots to cut/trim, I'd recommend just getting an el cheapo router...

I imagine that it would take longer using the dremel tool and probably wear out the dremel faster (althouhg I don't have a dremel that i've abused to back up my hypothesis)... know what i mean, though?

If you're gonna go to the trouble to get the 20 dollar router attachment (assuming you already own a dremel) maybe save up a little bit more for a cheapo or used router (check pawnshops/flea markets/ebay/sales)

if you're just doing a Control Panel i'm sure a dremel will be fine.. . but I have my suspicions of using it to trim the laminate/cut the t-molding on a full sized cabinet would be asking a lot of the dremel (or require extra patience to cut everything)

*shrug*

rampy

EDIT'ed for clarity so that the fricken llama would be happy.  

[SirPoonga]

A dremel goes through mdf like butter....

[ErikRuud]

A Dremel with a router attachment should work, but I don't know if you can find the right kind of bits to fit a dremel.  I don't think anyone makes a t-slot bit for the Dremel.

A guy I know that makes custom routed slot car tracks from MDF uses Ryobi Laminate Trimmers.  He finds them on sale for less than regular routers.

[said7]

ooohhhhhh searcheooooo

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=8992

This might help  

[cw]

A dremel will drill into mdf  fine.. but I had little luck getting the router to do much to it without almost killing the dremel.... get a router... your dremel will thank you  and save the dremel rounter for  much much smaller things
........ but then again I could have a very old and tired dremel...

[SirPoonga]

Yeah, don't use a dremel for big stuff.  I used a router to cut long straight lines.  I used my dremel to round the corners and route out areas for my joysticks.

[AlanS17]

My Dremel can't handle wood-working, but I don't think I have the most powerful model. Either way, it's not a good idea. A real router is so much nicer. I finally broke doen and bought one for $30... It's totally awesome. It's all the router I'll ever need.

(Of course, when you're as good as I am you don't need much.)  

[BobA]

I have a router and a dremel.   The dremel has the router attachments but will not do the work of a router.  I would rout a control panel with a dremel but would hate to do a full cab.

BObA

[xar256]

To get back on track.  <I've had enough childish bickering on another list I'm dealing with...I'm not getting involved in this one>.

You probably could get away with using the Dremel tool for this kind of work.  But believe me, there is nothing like having the right tool for the job, especially if you consider yourself somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to this kind of stuff.  If you want your cab to look perfect in your eyes, you'll thank yourself for using a router <maybe renting one from Home depot or something may be a more viable option?>

Xar256

[Amra]

You may have misspelled it first, but Inaba misspelled it and was harassing other people for their deficiency of grammatical prowess, not you.  

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[AlanS17]

I tried with the Dremel and didn't like my results. The 1/8" collet just doesn't hold the cutting blade in place well enough. You need a router with a 1/4" collet. You can get crooked lines if you go any faster than like 1ft/min. You may feel like you can go faster cuz the blade will cut, but you'll end up dragging the thing through and your line will come out crooked. I promise.