harbor freight drimmel ?

jesse8931 · 02-28-2008, 12:20 PM

has any one used one iam gonna be doing a little polishing on a project and they seem like they would be able to handle that what do you think ?

tntbaril · 02-28-2008, 02:07 PM

If your only going to use it a little it's ok, but, nothing beats a real Dremmel. I own 4!

jesse8931 · 02-28-2008, 02:29 PM

for 9 bucks ill take my chance

jonnybiker · 02-28-2008, 03:09 PM

i bought one of there cheapies. i think it was blue. Very underpowered my dremmel has at least 4 times the power. If you go real slow and dont keep stopping the motor it will wirk, but its slow going. just my 2 cents. jonnybiker

Austin T · 02-28-2008, 03:26 PM

i have one of these and i use it all the time, the only problem i had with mine is the chuck keeps slipping, and sometimes the bits don't fit in the chuck adapters unless you use a lot of force. otherwise, it works great! i don't think mine is underpowered at all! and i have the blue standard one also.

jesse8931 · 02-28-2008, 03:26 PM

well i dont think polishing the intake takes speed but i could be wrong can some one explain this ?

Austin T · 02-28-2008, 03:57 PM

i've used my dremel to port and polish my Fox's engine and it works GREAT (if you do it right) i noticed the increased power right away!

jesse8931 · 02-28-2008, 04:30 PM

its for a 2 stroke from what ive been told for the 2 stroke i have they dont responded to well to porting so iam just gonna polish it

offroadwhatever8 · 02-28-2008, 04:43 PM

Get it.

i have a dremel 400xpr and love it but u cant beat 9 bucks for a cheapy harbor freight one.

jonnybiker · 02-29-2008, 06:01 PM

Two stroke porting and four stroke porting are two completely different animals. Basically on a for stroke your trying to put more flow into motor by removing restrictions and smoothing the path. Two stroke porting involves changing the port opening and closing timing as well as increasing volume into the motor.My biggest complaint with the harbor freight tool is that its way under powered. it keeps stopping when a little presure is put on it to grind / polish something. It will work.....slowly....go ahead and buy one for 9 bucks. Its cheap enough to play with until you can afford a real dremmel tool. my opinion. jonnybiker