Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

Well, my stepfather the contractor had a Dremel which means that I had a Dremel, but that thing is no where to be found. Tools get loaned out over the years, it becomes hard to remember who has what, you know how it is.

I'm currently looking online for a decent Dremel, and I'll be looking at foot switches for sure!

Sewing machine pedals on EBay. A discontinued Dremel 100 single-speed is usually there brand-new.
Multi-speed Dremels are no-go with a variable pedal. They will burn-out!

Well hang on there Tom. You have to set your variable speed Dremel on high to use it with a variable speed foot pedal. I have a variable speed foot pedal and highly recommend them. Safety safety safety.

Kinda having fun looking at different models, accessories, polishing wheels, etc.

I saw some silicone carbide wheels that were interesting but only seem to come in lower grits. Looks like I'll need to stick with the greaseless compound approach.

Been in the garage for the last few hours. Making a display to hang on the wall to display soaps, brushes, bowls and such shaving items. I ran out of light but I got the frame built. It will have a backer board so that I can square things up a little better.
Next step is a lot of sanding, mount it to the backer board and shoot some paint on it after the wife helps me pick a color. I'm bad with colors. My room is brown with oak tables so I thought brown. She disagrees.
This will be mounted on the wall above my razor cabinet when done. I put a little personal flair to it and made it NOT the same on both sides. Hey, A guy has to be different once in a while. That really blew the wife way that I didn't make it the same on both sides. If you knew me personally you would understand.

I dig it! Sometimes, adding a bit of asymmetry works a treat!

My mantra is.....Nothing's perfect! If it is, I can fix THAT!

Love your Mantra, Tom! Thanks. I'm good at fixing that stuff too. I remember seeing a pic of the display Mike has for his brushes. Thought I'd just take it a little farther. Plus I got a blank wall I need to fill.

Originally Posted by Gasman

Been in the garage for the last few hours. Making a display to hang on the wall to display soaps, brushes, bowls and such shaving items. I ran out of light but I got the frame built. It will have a backer board so that I can square things up a little better.
Next step is a lot of sanding, mount it to the backer board and shoot some paint on it after the wife helps me pick a color. I'm bad with colors. My room is brown with oak tables so I thought brown. She disagrees.
This will be mounted on the wall above my razor cabinet when done. I put a little personal flair to it and made it NOT the same on both sides. Hey, A guy has to be different once in a while. That really blew the wife way that I didn't make it the same on both sides. If you knew me personally you would understand.

From what I have seen of you I can see where you would be a perfectly matching person.

Would an antenna work in such a way?

I think that you glued a board backwards and now are making up a story to explain it.....

Just teasing! looks great!

HA! You will never know the truth.

I like it a lot. I am really looking forward to getting back to my projects, probably in January. Between work and the other big projects I am pretty tapped for time. I’m glad your projects are keeping me thinking about what kinds of things I want to do.

One more Dremel question before I make a decision on how to proceed: I've been reading threads on Dremel use in restoration, and I keep seeing stories about Dremels causing chunks of edge to go flying. It seems extremely common. I had also been looking into bench grinders and I'm not seeing the same issue there, though they apparently have their own drawbacks.

What is it that is causing Dremel users to destroy their blades? Is it just making sure that you have the wheel rotating in the proper direction in regard to the edge?

My understanding so far is that you need to keep the edge facing downward and resting on something. The wheel rotation should also be downward in regard to how the blade is facing instead of upward, as an upward rotation catches the edge. Is that what folks are doing wrong with the Dremels, or is there more to it? My other guess is to not spend much time near the edge and keep it from overheating, control the speed, etc. It sounds from people's descriptions that their blades were brittle and shattered, perhaps they lost temper?

Knowing myself I'll probably end up with both tools, but I want to have a feel for the basics. I'll contine to resd on these topics and watch vids in the Library section, but thanks in advance if anyone has advice on this.

FYI, I have a pile of junk razors from Ebay to practice on.