Thread: Dremel powercarving speeds

Hi jenno

I haven't got the flexishaft but I have a dremel. All I can suggest is to experiment with a bit of scrap wood first. They are realtively safe machines to use depending on what tool bit you use, the dangerous ones are those that have a circular cutting wheel With the grinding or sanding type tool bits, if your careless you might remove a bit of surface skin but the worst that will do is is remind you to concentrate on the job at hand. Be careful not to where loose clothing or work too close to the rest of your body and where protective eyewear. Also the faster the speed the greater the chance of burning the wood.

It really depends on the shape and cut of the cutter.
You need to experiment with the speeds on different timbers.
Too slow and they will bounce and too fast they will burn, you just have to find the middle ground.

the thing diffrent with useing the flexishaft is if you can hang the dremel over your right shoulder this will keep the shaft running better and what springwater said

with variable speed tools, I usually wind them up till
something breaks, then back them off about a 1/4 turn.

that was no real help at all was it?

best follow the others advice

one suggestion though, when you run out of siky oak
stay with woods that are equally as friendly,
some of these reciprocating carvers weren't designed with
Australian hardwoods in mind.

cheers all....will keep these things in mind


jenno

[quote=one suggestion though, when you run out of siky oak
stay with woods that are equally as friendly,
some of these reciprocating carvers weren't designed with
Australian hardwoods in mind.[/quote]

99.9% of tools aren't designed to cope with Australian Hardwoods!

Originally Posted by underfoot

...some of these reciprocating carvers weren't designed with
Australian hardwoods in mind....

Guess they weren't designed with any hardwood in mind...I had a AEG carver when I started, and tried it on olive root...then I sold it and started investing in gouges and chisels instead, the best thing I ever did!At times, when I have to use some heavy- duty tools, the kind you hit with the malet as it were your mother-in-low's thumb, ahd splinters the size of banana fly all over the workshop, that ridiculous toy comes to my mind...

reccomendation that rpm's not exceed 5k when using recip hand piece.