Originally Posted by
Patches
I'm actually very much in favor of doing as much hand work as possible. I was thinking of using the dremel/rotary for the rough design then finishing by hand as well as drilling pin holes. If there are ways to do most of that by hand (which I'm sure there are since people did in fact manage to make things before power tools, despite how clueless I am about all of it) I'd love to hear what methods you guys know of or what hand tools would be suitable.
I am looking at this for general use as well as razors, as commiecat mentioned, so I think I'm set on getting SOME sort of rotary tool. Dremels are sounding like the tool of choice here. Those attachments freyguy mentioned look very attractive as well. A little research brings up pretty negative reviews on the drill press dremel makes as well as the jig saw type attachment. Can anybody vouch for those or are they junk? Because they do sound very useful.
I forgot to ask earlier, but does this mean you drill pin holes without a guide/drill press type tool? Can it be done easily enough this way?
Thanks again for the help so far guys. I'm going to take a cruise around the hardware store tomorrow and get a feel for some of this stuff if I can. I figure that'll help sort some of this out. Also, any opinions on Proxxon lines? The mixed reviews and reports of flimsy quality of some Dremel stuff has me a bit worried, the opinion of Proxxon stuff sounds a little better.