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Review on ๐Ÿ”ง Dremel 575 Right Angle Attachment for Rotary Tool - Angle Drill Attachment, Black: Enhancing Precision and Versatility by Stephen Ball

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Uniquely useful but the driveshaft wears out and wears out/unwinds

This is a really useful accessory that I use all the time. I'm here at Revain buying my fourth and thought I'd leave a review on what happened to the first three I also bought here at Revain. The gearbox housing appears to be made of high-strength polycarbonate or thermoplastic. it works great and is easy. The bevel gear in it also seems to be quite durable, however it holds up very well at very high speeds. Block and engages a special square collet that must be screwed onto the shank of the Dremel tool. This shaft is a coiled, resilient steel cable that is flattened into a square shape at the ends to mate with the drive connectors. It eventually degrades and either breaks up into twisted strands of wire or the square ends become too round due to the torque and eventually start twisting. At this point, the device is no longer transmitting torque (or, in the event of a failure, not at all) before slipping. This drive shaft is basically made of the same material as the long flexible drive shaft in the flexible tool head. But there's no reason to make it out of the same matter, since there's no need for it to be able to bend. Instead, the shaft must be made of strong and durable tool steel. I'm not entirely sure if this is a point of planned obsolescence, but Dremel really needs a design update to fix this issue.

Pros
  • This is amazing
Cons
  • Modern