I have seen people have great luck with a variable speed Bosch Colt router.
That is at least one step above Dremel and Rotozip. - Igor On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Robert Reed <ra...@live.com> wrote: > > Gi'day Andrew, > > A possible alternative to a Dremel, is the router that is used on the > Colinbus Profiler Pro 3 Axis router. It is high speed, and variable over the > range of 11,000 to 25,000 rpm. You can view their Profiler Milling Machine @ > www.colinbus.com. Check out the list of accessories on the left hand side of > the page under Profiler and Profiler Pro. > > Robert Reed > > >> Date: Thu, 9 Sept 2010 23:20:11 -0700 >> From: speaker_2_d...@yahoo.com >> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Engraving Tools. >> >> Hi All: >> >> Here's a question esp for the XY routing table folks. What's a good >> 'dremel' tool to survive the side loading of engraving on alumnium? I want >> to make face plates for electronics enclosures, so text, numbers, outlines >> etc. That means small end mills and high RPM's. Maybe even nameplates and >> the such. I'm designing a clamp on mechanism to allow me to mount a 'dremel' >> tool shotgun on my z pillar and just vary the z axis like +/- 100 thau at >> most. But that side loading seems to me would tear a dremel apart. >> >> I see the XY table crowd uses them. What approach should I take? The $30 >> special from Horrible Fright and just blow through them? Or sink $100+ into >> something that will last me more than a few projects? >> >> Your thoughts? >> >> Andrew >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Automate Storage Tiering Simply >> Optimize IT performance and efficiency through flexible, powerful, >> automated storage tiering capabilities. View this brief to learn how >> you can reduce costs and improve performance. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Automate Storage Tiering Simply > Optimize IT performance and efficiency through flexible, powerful, > automated storage tiering capabilities. View this brief to learn how > you can reduce costs and improve performance. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Automate Storage Tiering Simply Optimize IT performance and efficiency through flexible, powerful, automated storage tiering capabilities. View this brief to learn how you can reduce costs and improve performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
