Gi'day Andrew, A possible alternative to a Dremel, is the router that is used on the Colinbus Profiler Pro 3 Axis router. It is high speed, and variable over the range of 11,000 to 25,000 rpm. You can view their Profiler Milling Machine @ www.colinbus.com. Check out the list of accessories on the left hand side of the page under Profiler and Profiler Pro.
Robert Reed > Date: Thu, 9 Sept 2010 23:20:11 -0700 > From: speaker_2_d...@yahoo.com > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Engraving Tools. > > Hi All: > > Here's a question esp for the XY routing table folks. What's a good > 'dremel' tool to survive the side loading of engraving on alumnium? I want to > make face plates for electronics enclosures, so text, numbers, outlines etc. > That means small end mills and high RPM's. Maybe even nameplates and the > such. I'm designing a clamp on mechanism to allow me to mount a 'dremel' tool > shotgun on my z pillar and just vary the z axis like +/- 100 thau at most. > But that side loading seems to me would tear a dremel apart. > > I see the XY table crowd uses them. What approach should I take? The $30 > special from Horrible Fright and just blow through them? Or sink $100+ into > something that will last me more than a few projects? > > Your thoughts? > > Andrew > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Automate Storage Tiering Simply > Optimize IT performance and efficiency through flexible, powerful, > automated storage tiering capabilities. View this brief to learn how > you can reduce costs and improve performance. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Automate Storage Tiering Simply Optimize IT performance and efficiency through flexible, powerful, automated storage tiering capabilities. View this brief to learn how you can reduce costs and improve performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
