Thread: Drilling scales with a Dremel?

I use the dremel stand for all my scales drilling - it helps to ensure that you are at 90 degrees in both horizontal and vertical planes. If you keep the scales taped together it also ensures the holes are positionally matched. It's a good idea to drill both the pivot and wedge ends before you start final shaping - this way, the scales are still flat.

The advantage to the dremel is that it's not just a drill press - you can turn it up to 90 degrees either way for profiling and other jobs.

One thing I don't use the Dremel for is sanding or cleaning blades - like others have said it's just too easy to skip off and create deep scratches or worse.