Which Dremel. Moved from chop shop.

[Mrhardware]

I Have the chance of buying either a Dremel 3950 with a free flexy drive for £69 with the 40 accessories or the Dremel 7360 pro for £119, the one with the 250 watt hanging motor and flexy drive. I will be primerally using for case modding and other modeling duties which do you think will be best for the job.
I suspect that the shafts will no last in the pro if cutting blow holes and the like due to the torque through the cable opinions please.

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[mnpctech]

I've never used the Flex shaft in the 3 years I've been modding cases. Whichever Dremel has the varible speed is what I recommend

[Mrhardware]

Hi Mnpctech

Both are variable speed but the 7360 is 250 watt motor instead of 125 watt and it has a foot speed controll from 0 to 22000 rmp so would you recommend the 7360 ?. :wacko:

[mnpctech]

The more power the better ;) so go for the 7360

I like using the 395 (http://www.dremeleurope.com/cgi-bin/eu2002.storefront/1737084311/Catalog/1007) It allows me freedom to plug it in different areas of the shop. The Flex shaft youre commited to using it wherever you can hang it.

My Dremel Tutorial (http://www.mnpctech.com/Dremel.html)

[Mrhardware]

Thanks for the info Mnpctech,
I missed out on the 7360 but can still get a 395 or 3950. :(

[X_Entity]

I have great faith in my black and decker wizard. It was cheaper than the dremel. Takes the same bits and has variable speed. Also made very light work of my 1mm thick Chieftec case.

[Pug]

I nearly bought a pukka Dremel last time - my £20 B&Q cheapie broke after a year and I was looking for a replacement and it was a toss-up between that and a Draper kit for £35.
The Draper had the proper 3-jaw chuck like the dremel, instead of the one-piece inserts in the B&Q one. Both were variable speed.

I bought the Draper, together with some Diamond cutting discs and diamond files with the cash I saved. B)

The only downside I'd say is that the Draper casing isn't as robust as the dremel one.
There's a bit of flex when you twist the chuck against the release button but apart from that, It's not been bad.
I expect to get a couple of years from this whereas from what I've seen of dremel's, a real one should last 3 to 5 yrs good use.
I'm guessing the B&D is on a par with the Draper but will happilly stand corrected if X_Entity calls it otherwise. :)

If you have the cash tho', buy yerself a Dremel. Shop around and you can find a good deal now & again.

[Nexxo]

I've got a Dremel 398. :D (if you want to know why I'm smiling, just Google it up!).

[Mrhardware]

I know why you are smilling...I had the chance to but on on ebay on a buy it now still sealed in box with a free flexidrive for £79 and free delivery, i hesatated and someone beat me to it...

Does the feed back control make a difference ?.