anyone else have and love a Dremel Advantage rotary saw?
I bought mine a couple months ago... and I'm loving this thing. so easy to shape things, and cut circles with the circle cutter... and it's got a lot more guts than a regular dremel tool... I'd have to say, if I was running an install shop, I'd have about 4 of them LOL! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/bow.gif[/img]
[ February 16, 2004, 08:27 PM: Message edited by: Sassmaster ]
[ February 16, 2004, 08:27 PM: Message edited by: Sassmaster ]
pretty sweet, not as fast as a jigsaw (so far, I'm still playing with speeds) but a much cleaner hole. the kit I got has a plunghe router, and a flex shaft attatchment included, and I picked up the circle cutter for it.
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I hate them, and the normal Dremel's, I use my Sears rotary tool maybe once a month at most, they just don't cut it on day to day stuff in a busy shop.
Now for around the house I use them for small stuff, but again I might use it once every 6 months at home.
Now for around the house I use them for small stuff, but again I might use it once every 6 months at home.
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For cutting metal i use a set of air nibblers and for circles in mdf a plunge router with a circle jig they are great for countersinking woofers into your baffle board! As for your dremel they do have their place they are good for cutting detail work from 1/8 th plexi or mdf. and do have a place in some circumstances.
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I got the DeWalt version with circle cutter a couple years back from my wife. It is actually a very handy tool although it also comes with a 1/4" collet so you can use router bits with it. It also is about the most powerful on the market of the spiral cutters. I definitely wouldn't get rid of it. Although I would never get rid of the jigsaw either.....hmmmm....need a new one of them 
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I would recomend a router over those anytime. They are more powerful, ,more versatile, and will last longer. Don't get me wrong they are great for some things, but I find I don't have a need much for them in a profesional shop. And I only said that because in the original post it was mentioned that if they had a shop they would have 4 of them.
For cutting circles in MDF making templates I use a router. For working with plexi I rough cut with a jigsaw them use a router. For trimming fiberglass I use an airsaw. The only thing I really use a rotary tool for is cutting the ends off bolts, which I rarely have to do.
For cutting circles in MDF making templates I use a router. For working with plexi I rough cut with a jigsaw them use a router. For trimming fiberglass I use an airsaw. The only thing I really use a rotary tool for is cutting the ends off bolts, which I rarely have to do.
