Dremel cutting and engraving :P
So i finally purchased my dremel, and made some tests of both cutting and engraving. I havent used cutting disks yet, only the cutting tip.
The first thing i have to say is: man that thing is dangerous :) Use some safety goggles if you have to use it! The second thing is that it takes a while to get hand with it. At first it just keeps going crazy and shooting particles of stuff around, with a particular aim for your eyes and face :P After some test i managed to make an almost straight line, and then i had some fun engraving stuff :P
Here's some results.. The edges that are perfectly straight are the original ones, the others are the one i made.
Sorry for poor quality, but it's not easy to take picture of a transparent thing :P
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 23:38
XY table
Anyone fancy making an XY table for a dremel? I made one for my Minicraft drill to use it as an engraver. I could never supply the steppers with enough current...
@ Tue, 2008-11-11 09:53
yeah this is awsome.. show
@ Wed, 2008-11-12 01:19
Sorry, no can do.
There were no tangible results. My stepper driver didn't provide the 1A per coil needed. I may ressurect it with the new knowledge I now have, but the milling mahcine was dismantled about 3 years ago.
THIS is a video of me testing an endstop switch. It looks like it's travelling pretty fast, huh? That's because I was driving it with an electric drill at this point - not the weaker steppers.
@ Tue, 2008-11-11 00:49
Hey that's pretty cool.
@ Mon, 2008-11-10 21:44
I also have a drummel and