Quote Originally Posted by pixelfixed View Post
dremels IMO are somewhat useless tools that can cause alot of damage.
Dremels are not at all useless tools. I use mine for all sorts of work such as, buffing small parts that may go into the razor, cutting small pieces of tubing, cutting out inlays, scribing small design work, and I have the drill press attachment and as I don't have a lot of room for an actual drill press the dremel press is how I drill pin holes.

You will however notice that I didn't mention shaping scales in any of that because when it comes to shaping scales dremels IMO are somewhat useless tools that can cause a lot of damage.

On my first scales I did use the dremel on the drill press attachment, set really low, like a rotary sander to rough shape in the scales; but the finish work and shaping was all by hand sanding.

As for the sticky back sandpaper some have posted, I usually just use regular sandpaper cut into strips and double sided tape to get a similar effect. Does the actual sticky back paper have some quality that I'm not able to replicate with my method?