radrobgray Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 im going to dive into the world of inlaying. i need a base for my dremel, but i am on a budget. so the stew mac one seem outragiouse in price. will this one be good enough: link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 It's worth it for the time and materials you'd spend making a similar contrapumalation, plus you know it'll work out of the bag :-) Have you ever compared the price of primo Dremel accessories to third party ones? It make Stewmac seem cheap in comparison! I'm coming from the angle of "I get so much useful time out of my SM base it pays for itself". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREGMW Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 im going to dive into the world of inlaying. i need a base for my dremel, but i am on a budget. so the stew mac one seem outragiouse in price. will this one be good enough: link I have one of them (Dremel Base) and they seem to have a lot of Flex in the plastic _I wouldn't buy another one.The Stewmac one looks a lot better. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanb Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 I have one of those bases too, and I haven't had any problem with the rigidity of the plastic base, though I have heard a lot of people complain about that. From some things I have seen, I am led to believe that Dremel made a newer version of the base with a number of changes, so I may just have a newer one. It's not a bad deal for the price (I got mine cheap). I am sure the SM base would be better (and the SM base with Foredom tool better yet), but I find the new base completely serviceable for smaller jobs. If you want to do much inlay work, I would go straight for the better equipment though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Go with the SM one (or a home made copy'ish if you're good enough at that sort of thing), the Dremel is pants in comparison. Jem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 You can make your own for pennies - this is a piece of old formica-ed kitchen cupboard, a scrap of 18mm plywood, two short lengths of M6 studding, and 4 wingnuts and washers. I doubt I spent more than £1 on it, and it works just like it should. http://www.setchellguitars.co.uk/ant/blog/?p=47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radrobgray Posted September 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 (edited) what exactly did you do to make the dremel attach to the base? set screw? threaded the wood? even a pic of the base with out the dremel would me nice. thanks Edited September 21, 2006 by Rob G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr3y Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 omg.. this is interesting! please post more pics of the dremel base u made.. the underside especially.. thanks alot! you rocks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 what exactly did you do to make the dremel attach to the base? set screw? threaded the wood? even a pic of the base with out the dremel would me nice. thanks Same here - I'd really like to know how the Dremel attaches to the base. Simple and neat design. I'm sure anyone could make one of these in 30min or less and save the $50.00 bucks Stew-Mac wants for their base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 Sorry guys - I thought I'd answered that question, must have been a PM. The dremel is attached using a collar which is part of the drywall cutting attachment which came with the dremel. The collar screws onto the thread on the dremel, and is a very tight push fit into a 25mm hole, which was bored in the base with a forstner bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 I made a post in the tutorials section where I made mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP63 Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 I think it's fine. What are you really going to route with it? Just enough for thin inlay. It's clear so you can see more of what you're routing. Any routing inperfection will be taken up by epoxy anyways. What you route will be slow and very shallow. I have the old Dremel base and I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Inspired by Setch's router base, I decided to my make own - Thanks, Setch. I'll be doing my very first intricate inlays with this for an explorer project I'm working on. Mine is made with clear Acrylic with a 6"x6" base and a 1-1/2" diameter opening in the base. The Dremel tool is held in place with a 3/4" nut. The top acrylic portion is 1/8" thick and the base is 1/4" thick. The base in the pictures still hase the white plastic protective film on it. http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL912/43163...4/198740492.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 The posted pic is a bit large mate - you'll need to reduce it! I see you've gone down the route of moving around the item being routed as opposed to manipulating the Dremel. Not tried it that way myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 (edited) I see you've gone down the route of moving around the item being routed as opposed to manipulating the Dremel. Not tried it that way myself. Huh? With a larger base, I can have more stability, I can put the dremel on two rails at either side of the fret board and I can manipulate the whole thing by the base. I might add two knobs on the base if moving it with fingers only isn't easy enough. Edit - Oh... I get it now - You mean putting the fretboard OVER the bottom portion of the router base? No, that's not what I planned on doing but now that you mention it, when I start practicing my inlaying techniques, I'll try that method to see if its easier. Edited October 26, 2006 by guitar2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 OK this seems like a good thread to add this to. Does anyone have any experience with the inlay tool seen on Ebay that is air powered and comes with a base? It looks like it's probably a dental air drill . . . Anyone? http://cgi.ebay.com/Luthier-precision-pear...1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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