Just got a dremel for an unrelated job and thought I should do something fun with it. Got a large bundle of cheap off brand bits as I don’t really know which ones are going to be most useful.
Using a scrap offcut of wood, there are still some rusty nails in it! This morning I wanted to practice carving straight and curved lines in the wood. It isn’t quite as easy as I thought, the wood grain changes the amount of resistance to movement and can push it to the side or slow down how fast its cutting.
The board is about 1.5cm thick, I also tried using one of the cutting discs, it seemed to cut alright but broke in half when I turned the dremel off. Got over 100 of them though. This board might be a little thick to use with these small cutting discs, pretty sure I would need the larger ones but I don’t see any in the set I bought.
Once I feel more confident in holding the dremel steady I would like to try making something decorative. Probably start with a coaster as that is something small to get started with. Then look at oils for it too. Leaning towards plywood as it is more affordable, although this scrap wood is free and hasn’t rotten too much yet. Might be worth sanding it to see what it feels like.
I did use eye protection, just as I fitted the cutting wheel on the dremel I looked at it and thought if that breaks off while spinning it could go anywhere.
Looks like SC544 would be a better bit for cutting wood if I need to do a lot of it. Just keep away from fingers. Though might not be quite as finger choppy as some of the circular saw attachments.
If it makes you feel better, I hsve had cutting wheel shards hit me without breaking skin, or damaging my glasses.
Not that I have used my dremel in years, its rare I do anything where a dremel is the most useful tool.