Anyone use a Dremel?

[jimruffi at gmail.com (Jim Ruffi)]

I've been using dremels for over 20 years.  I started when I was a car audio
installer (Back then, there was a lot of cutting and dremeling required, as
many cars did not have factory speaker locations or wiring.).

I burned out several over the years, changed brushes a few times, received a
couple of permanent scars, etc.  and here's what I've learned:

The retail version of the dremel is a light to moderate duty tool.  Use any
one of 'em for 40 minutes straight and they get hot.  Let 'em get too hot
and they burn out.  Melted windings.  Just be careful to prevent your hands
from covering up the cooling holes.  That would just make matters worse.

Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Pallett [mailto:greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:39 PM
>To: Scirocco list
>Subject: OT: Anyone use a Dremel?
>
>
>Anyone here a frequent user of Dremel tools?  I've just come in from the
>garage after an evening of using my new Dremel 400XPR.  The wheel
>refinishing project is going fine.  So why the email?
>The damn thing gets hot.  Really hot.  I didn't burn my fingertips, but it
>got pretty uncomfortable.  It seems like this is a pretty bad quality, tha
>tthe part you hold gets frealin' hot...
>ANyone else have this happen?
>
>GP
>