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Title: A Dremel Bit Question
Post by: exian on May 13, 2004, 01:51:58 am

Hi Guys got a question for you...

Does anyone know if there is a dremel bit available for routing the channel to hold the t-moulding?

Title: Re:A Dremel Bit Question
Post by: rsoandrew on May 13, 2004, 03:40:20 am

If you have the 1/4 collet attachment for your dremel any 1/4 shaft router bits will work. Just make sure that you get bits that have a ball bearing guide. That being said, I wouldn

Title: Re:A Dremel Bit Question
Post by: flampoo on May 13, 2004, 10:07:03 am

There are a few 1/16th bits that will work for the dremel. As most bits are carbide, they're not strong enough to use on anything except particleboard. I've done the routing on my most recent cab made of MDF with my dremel and a jig I fashioned at home. I had to make my own because there are no attachments that you can purchase for that kind of routing.

Title: Re:A Dremel Bit Question
Post by: fredster on May 13, 2004, 11:16:58 am

Try a grinding disc.  It's slow going, but it's going.  You wll be surprised at how it cuts.  Try it on a scrap piece.

I bought the $33 t slot cutter from tmolding.com and I use it whenever I work on a cab.  You can screw up a t-slot pretty fast with it too if you let it dip.

Title: Re:A Dremel Bit Question
Post by: SNAAAKE on May 13, 2004, 05:50:19 pm

Please PLEASE invest on a router.You will thank me later ;)

Title: Re:A Dremel Bit Question
Post by: flampoo on May 13, 2004, 06:01:19 pm

You're very adamant about people having routers. Do you have a vested interest? Are you a shareholder for the router company? YOU'RE A SUSPECT!

Title: Re:A Dremel Bit Question
Post by: exian on May 13, 2004, 08:36:16 pm

Thanks for the reply's guys, I actually have a router (never used it yet) but  a friend of mine has a dremel and wants to use that instead of investing in a router, so he's looking for the correct bit and depth attachment.

Cheers...

Title: Re:A Dremel Bit Question
Post by: Tailgunner on May 13, 2004, 09:06:03 pm

In that case I'd offer to route his T-slots for a few cold ones. A dremel would suffice for a CP, but by the time you've routed a whole cab the dremel will be approaching the end of it's useful life.

Title: Re:A Dremel Bit Question
Post by: SteveJ34 on May 13, 2004, 10:17:45 pm

Yes, a router is the proper way to go but I didn't have access to one way back when and completed the slot cutting on my original cab using a dremel and a carbide cutting wheel bit like:

http://www.1-home-improvement.com/product+Dremel-542D-Carbide-B0000302ZZ.html (http://www.1-home-improvement.com/product+Dremel-542D-Carbide-B0000302ZZ.html)

It took a bit of time but I didn't encounter the trouble that so many others appear to have run into.....and the same dremel works as good as new 2 years later.

YMMV.



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