Assignment 20 - Kelden Andrews

How to use a dremmel
A dremmel is an amazing tool and can be used for pretty much anything and can replace to some degree, every other power tool in a workshop, it can replace a drill with ready made dremmel drill bits, can be used for engraving, stone and wood carving, sanding anything under the sun and can even cut wood like a power saw with extremely small, but brittle cutting disks.

1. buy a dremmel

2. buy a set of dremmel bits (the most useful will be labelled something like all-purpose)

3. Go home and unbox everything

4. in the dremmel box there will be the tool itself and some small metal things, usually a collet, and a head with some knurling on it to act as a finger screw.

5. At the front of the thing should be an empty hole. slide the collet in and screw the head on over it, notice that as you turn it it compresses and closes the collet, this is whats used to hold the bits and is how you tighten and loosen the bit's housing.

6. pick out a bit, slide the end into the collet through the top of the head and tighten it down until it turns the mechanism inside when you tighten it.

7. plug it in and turn it on, and start carving/sanding/cutting/engraving/drilling

Now there are two special type of bits that take sligtly longer to set up so I'll go over those next.

How to set up a cutting head:

1. take the cutting bit and notice the small screw on top.

2. unscrew the screw and take a cutting disk, they should be small black disks that are rough along the edges, not metal usually although you'd think they'd be.

3. place the disk over the top of the empty screw hole and place the screw in

4. screw it in and start cutting

How to set up sanding bit

1. take out a sanding bit, should look like just a bit with a white foam or cloth cylinder on the end.

2. take a sandpaper ring from the set and place it over the top

3. if it slides over easily you're good to go

4. if it doesn't lightly tap it over the end with a mallet (not a hammer, you'll bend the bit, mallets are rubber or wood, hammers are steel)

5. tap until its snuggle over and you're good to go.