On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:51:27 +0100, Alan King <
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> 1st, the Walmart generic I have that's grey is better than a stock
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> dremel, for smoothness and sound level and play in general. Good for
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> $18 I paid.
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> 2nd, brushless helps. Brushless fan motors are good here, take the
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> fan off and most are very quiet running. Need to find one with good
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> high speed so will have bearings that can handle it, or buy VHQ
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> replacement bearings for one. I have several candidates on hand, but so
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> far the Dremel isn't yet annoying enough to drive me to doing it..
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> Leave the Dremel on low speed, come back 3X later, your stuff is still
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> cut/drilled, yet you had far less peak noise..
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> Alan
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The proxxon IB-E is much less noisy than the other tools i had, but still
quite loud on higher settings.
Brushless is a good idea, after all, brushless motors are not hard to
build.
But i'd need a spindle with collet and bearings where i could fit my motor
onto. I don't have a lathe.....
ST