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Steel Cutter in Dremel
Roadkill
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Antwerpen, Belgium
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Posted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 10:03 PM UTC
Okay, this must be the stupidest question to ask, but here go's

I have a Dremel (clone) with a lot of tools and I have read on several sites and articles to use a STEEL CUTTER to thin the plastic fenders or to bounce it around to create pock marks in turrets etc.

How does the Steel cutter look like I have NO idea and I don't have a part description with my dremel (clone)

Does anybode have a picture of that tool?

crossbow
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Posted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 10:06 PM UTC
Actually I use a milling bit for this purpose:

http://www.dremeleurope.com/cgi-bin/eu2002.storefront/1989165066/Product/View/191

For reducing plastic I use a sanding disk:

Kris
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Kansas, United States
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Posted: Monday, May 03, 2004 - 12:01 AM UTC
Ask your dentist for some old bits. Some will be cylindrical, some will have little globes on the end -- I even got a couple diamond-embeded grinders. These are much smaller and with finer cutting teeth than the Dremel bits, but work just dandy for model work.
Art
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Posted: Monday, May 03, 2004 - 01:31 AM UTC
Dremel used to make a steel cutter that looks like a mini circular saw blade, but I haven't seen them for a while. They do make a carbide disc that cuts metal, but I'm with Hollowpoint-I've got a collection of dental burrs that I've been using for about 25 years on everything from balsa wood to metal. They come in all shapes, will fit in almost all hand tools and will last forever for hobby use. The best part is, since the dentist discards them after use, they are FREE for the asking.

Art
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Kikladhes, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 11:37 PM UTC
as i have said before a dentist is a modellers best friend - if he is not modelling on his own. besides the bits , u can get the xray protection lead foils shields, the hand tools that are very helpful from applying and shaping putty till sculpting figures and a lot of other stuffs, like epoxy compounds and.....the whole equipment
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North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Friday, May 14, 2004 - 12:18 AM UTC
Visually go with the item crossbow links to - or something similar in shape.
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Posted: Friday, May 14, 2004 - 12:19 AM UTC
I agree with the Major -
but in liue of a friendly dentist , try these folks -
I have one of their diamond sanding discs and love it

http://www.lascodiamond.com/products/
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