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earlinjax · 10-24-2006, 02:27 AM

Those of you who use a "Dremel Tool Drill Press" -- Do you mean the plunge router attachement #335-01? Looking at a picture it doesn't seem like the drill press stand would be much help for reaching into patterns.

I have a B&D rotary tool and wonder if it would work in the router base. Drilling by hand is iffy when you are stack cutting.

EarlinJax

Gill · 10-24-2006, 03:28 AM

I've attached some photos of the setup I use. A picture is worth a thousand gummi bears (or something like that...

)

Gill

CanadianScroller · 10-24-2006, 04:08 AM

Great tip, and yes a picture is worth a thousand gummi's
My dremel drillpress is so old....how old is it?
The drill doesnt actually move the table is raised to the bit with a cam affair, that is why the visual works so well for me now.

I can shout a resounding Homer Simpson DOH!

Thanks Gill

earlinjax · 10-24-2006, 08:16 PM

Thanks for the picture, Gill. Now I understand.

EarlinJax

owler · 10-25-2006, 01:04 PM

I too could not figure out how throat depth was not an issue. DUH! as my kids say.

BobD · 10-26-2006, 06:42 PM

I wish I had understood that earlier as well!!!! Now another quick question for the dremel users...how fast do you run the bit at? At the higher speeds, the bit seems to wobble more, but it bogs down at the lower speeds...

Bob

Gill · 10-26-2006, 06:49 PM

I only use my Dremel with small drill bits, so I run it at full speed. I've never experienced wobble of any sort in my workshop

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So you've got a problem with eccentricity, Bob?

Gill

BobD · 10-26-2006, 06:51 PM

Eccentric...that's me...in any sense of the word!!!

I guess I wouldn't have as much trouble if I wasn't drilling trough 7/8"-thick maple...

Bob

rugman · 10-30-2006, 03:07 AM

If you buy one also buy a magnetic dial level indicator the scales are not always acurate on the machine, clip it to the quill when you set up to be sure your straight up and down

10-24-2006, 04:08 AM	#13
CanadianScroller Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada Posts: 3,904 Blog Entries: 12	Great tip, and yes a picture is worth a thousand gummi's My dremel drillpress is so old....how old is it? The drill doesnt actually move the table is raised to the bit with a cam affair, that is why the visual works so well for me now. I can shout a resounding Homer Simpson DOH! Thanks Gill __________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net." Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21

10-25-2006, 01:04 PM	#15
owler Guy with tools Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: North West, NJ Posts: 243	I too could not figure out how throat depth was not an issue. DUH! as my kids say. __________________ Dan -Just do'in the best I can every day

10-26-2006, 06:42 PM	#16
BobD Technical Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lebanon, Pa Posts: 3,158 Blog Entries: 2	I wish I had understood that earlier as well!!!! Now another quick question for the dremel users...how fast do you run the bit at? At the higher speeds, the bit seems to wobble more, but it bogs down at the lower speeds... Bob __________________ www.WoodCarvingIllustrated.com www.FoxChapelPublishing.com www.ScrollSawer.com Shopsmith, Hawk G4

10-26-2006, 06:49 PM	#17
Gill Fallen Angel Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,604	I only use my Dremel with small drill bits, so I run it at full speed. I've never experienced wobble of any sort in my workshop . So you've got a problem with eccentricity, Bob? Gill __________________ There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is readily adopted. (Schopenhauer, Die Kunst Recht zu Behalten)

10-26-2006, 06:51 PM	#18
BobD Technical Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lebanon, Pa Posts: 3,158 Blog Entries: 2	Eccentric...that's me...in any sense of the word!!! I guess I wouldn't have as much trouble if I wasn't drilling trough 7/8"-thick maple... Bob __________________ www.WoodCarvingIllustrated.com www.FoxChapelPublishing.com www.ScrollSawer.com Shopsmith, Hawk G4

10-24-2006, 02:27 AM	#11
earlinjax Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 549	Those of you who use a "Dremel Tool Drill Press" -- Do you mean the plunge router attachement #335-01? Looking at a picture it doesn't seem like the drill press stand would be much help for reaching into patterns. I have a B&D rotary tool and wonder if it would work in the router base. Drilling by hand is iffy when you are stack cutting. EarlinJax

10-24-2006, 08:16 PM	#14
earlinjax Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 549	Thanks for the picture, Gill. Now I understand. EarlinJax

10-30-2006, 03:07 AM	#19
rugman Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1	Radial Drill If you buy one also buy a magnetic dial level indicator the scales are not always acurate on the machine, clip it to the quill when you set up to be sure your straight up and down

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