ShaneRoberson
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Hi: What is the best electric Dremel or “Dremel-type” wood carving kit to get for carving on Bonsais? Thank you very much.
Shane R.
Shane R.
This is the tool of professional jewelers and carvers. It has a lot of torque which dremel and dremel like tools lack.If you want to spend the money Foredom. Versatility!
Thank you very much. ShaneDie grinder with a 1/4 inch collet for the heavy bulk removal and a dremel or similar tool with a 1/8 inch collet for smaller detail work.
The hand piece is small and will reach where a die grinder won’t go. Variable speed 0-20,000 rpm at full torque.This is the tool of professional jewelers and carvers. It has a lot of torque which dremel and dremel like tools lack.
That’s exactly what I was hoping to read as I’ve been considering carving for awhile now. Thanks JoeI bought a $40 Harbor Freight die grinder and a set of $6.00 rotary rasps and they work fine. The die grinder actually impresses me at how vibration free and powerful it is. For the 1/2 hour or so of carving I do a year, I figure this system will hold up well.
I bought a $40 Harbor Freight die grinder and a set of $6.00 rotary rasps and they work fine. The die grinder actually impresses me at how vibration free and powerful it is. For the 1/2 hour or so of carving I do a year, I figure this system will hold up well.
Thank you. Very helpful. I got the cordless Dremel yesterday with high speed. But I’ll be careful on my pet trees. ShaneI have an ancient Dremel, which works well for me because my trees are almost all small and non-conifer—that is to say, not a lot of heavy deadwood carving.
A lesson I’ve learned, as always, the hard way, is that a Dremel needs to turn much faster to be as effective as some of the more industrial tools with bigger bits and more torque. High speed equals a lot of heat, which equals dead adjacent cambium.
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