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Review on Dremel Workstation Portable Drilling Perpendicular by Kelly Noonan

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Handy drill for underreaming light objects

I've always wanted a decent "drill" but whenever I needed one I've resorted to a handy old drill (didn't want to spend the money). How many people have you seen an advertisement for this Dremel tool and for one reason or another missed it. Well, this is solely my review of the Dremel drill press. First, look at the price. Not bad considering what he has to do. I make brass, vintage and unique HO models and I demand "perfection" from myself. This device is made of steel, aluminum and of course PLASTIC (this is the most important part of the drill). I found it wasn't "rock hard" after tightening everything. It works very well when drilling non-ferrous metals, plastics, wood or soft metals. The biggest issue I found was alignment. I purchased a "Wolf Craft" vise sold separately from Micro Mark and this vise is shown as an accessory in the advertised pictures of the Dremels drill press. I bought this vise and when I started using them. The drill press stand is slotted to accept any configuration for alignment. Well, to tighten the vise to the base platform you need to tip the stand on its side to hold the 'square nut' in place with a wrench and at the same time take a decent 'screwdriver' and tighten the thick head. Now tell me why no one has provided a small guide in the casting on either side of the square nut that acts as a rail that holds the square nut in place, then it only takes one hand to align the vise and the other hand? ready to tighten the screw (on the top of the platform base) and fix the movement of the aligned vise. Try to align the #80 or 0.5mm bit in the right place!

Pros
  • Tool Holder: Holds a rotating tool at a 90 degree horizontal angle for tasks such as polishing metal objects, grinding various shapes and grinding metal parts. Drilling Depth - 2"
Cons
  • I'll add later