VE6AB Technical

Dremel Moto Tool

I would think that most everyone has heard of a Dremel Moto tool. Dremel has been making their rotary tools since the 1930's, and in fact the first dremel tool I ever used was one my dad purchased when I was a kid and we were building an HO model train layout. That particular dremel had a bakelite case the norm at the time. It ran for years and years before it finally was worn out.

Over the years I've had several dremels including the one that I have owned for the past 10 or 15 years, a model 395 Type 5 as seen here that has ball-bearings and variable speed from 5,000 to 30,000 rpm.

Dremels are indispensable around an electronics bench for your on going projects that may involve engraving, polishing, sanding, cutting, drilling, etc. Off and on over the years I have built and flown RC model airplanes and boats, and the dremel has proved its worth there also.
Still, there is no end to what you can use one for, including carving pumpkins with my daughter all those years ago.

Now as versatile as a dremel tool is, you can actually make it more versatile with a optional accessory cable seen mounted in place on my dremel. With the optional cable in place and the dremel hanging from a shelf bracket or just anything convenient, or even with the dremel laying on a table, the accessory cable with the handpiece allows you to do much fussier work when required as the handpiece can be held like a pen in your hand if desired.

My dremel proved to be one of my most reached for tools while I was building my HO 1950's Industrial shelf switching train layout. With an additional engine servicing module under construction at the moment, and to be added to the existing layout, my dremel is proving to be indispensable once more.

So all I can say is if you do not own a dremel tool, you need one, and the optional cable with handpiece is a great accessory to add to it.

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