Barney, I too have pondered this dilemma many times. I ended up purchasing both of them. Was it worth the extra $'s? You betcha. In addition I also purchased a Stihl Mod. 009L. I have found it invaluable for those precision cuts such as servo pockets & cutting out aileron and flaps from bagged wings. My next purchase was a Milwaukee Mod 5460-6. This grinder will accept either a 7" or 9" disk. This tool is a must for the modeler who doesn't want to mess around but wants to take laminated fiberglass, carbon fiber or Kevlar down NOW! Do be careful with the Kevlar though, it'll fuzz up real fast if you're not careful. Don't even think of using it on foam, it's so powerful you'll be grinding your fingertips if you attempt foam and that hurts like hell I can tell you that!! Another addition in my tool "quiver" is the new Milwaukee 6101-6 Band file. I have found this tool a must for taking burrs off on metal control linkages or taking off those pesky little mounts on servos when gluing them in wings if you can't afford "Blues" with their handy little mounts. My latest acquisition was a Rigid 600 Portable power threader, albeit I had a helluva time finding 4-40 & 2-56 dies for this beast. I can't tell you how many times I've ran out of threaded stock. I have all these bits & pieces of stock that I have shortened where all I needed is a short linkage with the threads on one end. Now I can once again thread the remaining unthreaded stock. No waste!! I have many more "wants" for my hobby shop tools but at this time I can't afford them. I can't even afford epoxy, foam or fiberglass let alone a new glider. I've spent all my money on these damm tools! But I'm ready to go to work, I can tell you that! At any rate, Good Luck Barney, on your tool dilemma and I hope I've been of some help. Cliff Lindgren
-----Original Message----- From: Randy Bullard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:39 PM To: RCSE Subject: [RCSE] Dremel tool Having worn out another Dremel tool, so I'm shopping for a new one. Tower has one for $64 which is the older version with less accessories. Home Depot has the fancy new version with more accessories for $79. The also have the new and more expensive cordless. Have any of you bought the new version? Is it worth the extra $$$$? Is the cordless worth yet even more? Thanks in advance. Randy RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
