neone ever use a nibbler? how are they? iam thinkin of getting one cause those old p3 or those heavy thick cases eat dremel discs like mad. nibblers they worth the $10?
take a look at the last post in the feeding Frenzy project log in the Project logs forum, that should give you a good idea
If you're prepared to sit for hours and have sore hands its worth it. And steel cases are no match for the reinforced dremel discs.
Wear work gloves, but they're OK. I prefer a dremel, but you're far less prone to slipping. Chances are if you're chewing through dremel disks, you're either pressing too hard, not using a high enough speed or using crappy disks (use at least the heavy duty ones, the fiberglass reinforced are best). Save the fact that I snapped a disk in half, the entire last update of Frozenfire was done with effectively one standard 'heavy duty' disk. Yes, it is aluminum, but THICK aluminum (a good 2mm thick, versus the 0.8-1.0mm that most steel cases are)
well i havent had the chance to work with a nice aluminum case yet the case that i got off my brother already has a window in it and i havent payed him for it lol so i dun know if he would be happy if i modded the window a bit
1.0 mm steel is very time consuming to work with when you use a nibbler; your hands will be quite sore, but the results are worth it; the edges are relatively smooth and it is very easy to create curves with a nibbler. However, you'll need a dremel for anything that ends in a corner smaller than about 70*.
If you get a real nibbler with large handles and a sharp tip, it'll be easy. If you buy one of the cheap ones made for modding with the short handles and dull tip, moderately thick steel will have your hands sore in no time.
