Modding New Dremel, and it looks GREAT!

Okay, so Dremel released a new rotary tool, the "4000". I've got to say, it looks great, and I want one, like NOW.

It looks MUCH more ergonomic than the 400 XPR that it is replacing. Now... if only my 400 XPR is "accidentally" destroyed beyond recognition...


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there really isn't a huge difference between that and the 400 XPR

but since it's almost the same price I'd buy the 4000

 

The vents are still covered by your hand. I'd rather have one I could bolt to a jig.

 

Compaired to my 395 it looks good and there are some nice new addons for it.

 

I have one. The tool can be held so that the rear vents don't get covered, but the front vents aren't so happy. After a while of heavy use the tool heats up and starts to rattle.

I already opened it once. The motor and electronics look nice, but the control switches are quite flimsy. The speed control wheel flexes quite a bit when pressed. I'm afraid that it will break after some use.

 

Is there any Dremel where the front vents are not covered while in use?
I have a multipro cordless and two knockoffs and all of them get unbearably hot after about a half hour's work.

 

Perhaps we should start modding dremels to make the cooling work better.

 

That would pretty much be in tune with the spirit here!

 

Who's going to try to water cool the motor?

 

water + electricity = death


but a nice and cool dremel

 

wh not just get the extending attachment (usually used for engraving i think) then you aint blocking anything.

 

I might be tempted into one of these, though I've been trying to get my hands on a Craftsman rotary tool for a while. Bill Owen's subliminal messaging in his videos is starting to work

 

There are [most] times when the flex-shaft is called for, other times when it just gets in the way and slows you down.

As far as I can tell, the Craftsman version is a Dremel rebadge. I have a Craftsman router that's a Bosch rebadge, and since Bosch owns Dreme, I assume there's some sort of a Bosch-Craftsman cooperation that spawns these tools.

 

A Rotozip vents out over the collet. Now if they just came with an adjustable collet... and a bolt down feature.
I killed an older model Craftsman dremel too. It was poorly designed, and had a chunk of vinyl connecting the motor to the shaft. Stuey is right, a lot of Craftsman tools are rebranded.

 

An adjustable collet wouldn't be as secure as a fixed collet. As it is, it's fairly easy to pop different collets in and out.

As for securing the Dremel, their vise does a decent job of it.

 

They do, its called the keyless chuck http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Prod/Dremel-4486-Dremel-Keyless-Chuck-%285-Pack%29/95668/Cat/1259

The vice also has an adapter ring that can be use to hold the dremel ( or screwed down)

 

Sorry, I forgot to add the part about the adapter ring.

As for the keyless chuck - that's more for micro drill bits. It is not strong enough to hold non-drill Dremel bits.

 

Never failed to seculary hold any of my dremel bits of the cheep knockoffs.

 

You can also slap a mill bit into a drill press chuck, but that doesn't meant that it's a good idea.