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Old May 7, 2003 | 06:48 PM
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Is a dremel my answer?

Hey I'm sanding my air conditioning bracket a little bit everyday. Some day at sears I remember seeing a dremel catalog showing one taking away rust on an old chair. Would it be a good idea to use one to take the paint off this?
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Old May 7, 2003 | 08:48 PM
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Any excuse to get a dremel is a good one. I use mine for everything. I would get a corded one though, the battery can run out fast when you are doing a lot of sanding/grinding.

Doug
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Old May 7, 2003 | 08:59 PM
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make shure its a good one

ive had a couple and all of them have burned up on me make shure you get a good quality one they prolly burned up cause teh ones i had could get up to 30000 rpm and i used it alot at that speed
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Old May 7, 2003 | 09:09 PM
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I have one called the Wizard and it comes with a real small extandable flexible corder end. It is adjustable from 3,000-6,000 rpm and i also use it for everything.
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Old May 8, 2003 | 03:25 AM
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air tools own!:hail:
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Old May 8, 2003 | 11:13 AM
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The Dremmel is the answer to MANY things. I need an excuse to get one myself.
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Old May 8, 2003 | 11:26 AM
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i always end up having to borrow my friends dremel for projects, mainly porting and gasket matching my slp runners.

i would get one if i had the spare cash to do so.
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Old May 10, 2003 | 08:16 PM
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I have a dremel as well, beware as some units overheat pretty easily. The first one I bought had the vents positioned very poorly and my hand would always block the vents with the way they made you hold it. I returned that POS and got a good one.
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Old May 10, 2003 | 10:00 PM
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Just got one today from home depot. Its a mulitpro 3961-02 made by Dremel. Variable speed up to 35000 rpm. I noticed that it stays the same temp whether its going at 5000 or 35000 rpm.

It cost $60.
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