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.
Damn, I use a dremel several times a year for random tasks, and these are some damn good tips. Never occurred to me to look for longer lasting diamond wheels instead of the rapidly disintegrating cutoff wheels. Sometimes I end up burning through a half dozen wheels on one job.
It’s very cost effective, especially if you use the quick change mandrel. Dremel charges a mint for those cutoff wheels. I’m my experience the quick change wheels explode less often, but they also don’t last on metal. Using a lubricant will seriously extend the life of diamond wheels when cutting metal
I like this stuff, it’s water based, easy to clean up after, and made locally (relative to me lol). It also smells like amaretto