According to James Sweet :
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Ouch!
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I certainly do. :-)
Hmm ... this is cross-posted to the following newsgroups:
sci.electronics.basics sci.electronics.repair rec.crafts.metalworking alt.engineering.electrical
Of those, the third (rec.crafts.metalworking) is likely to have a very
*high* percentage of readers who own an air compressor. The reply suggesting a pneumatic die grinder probably came from someone in RCM who did not notice the other newsgroups in the cross-posting, so it was reasonable to expect that an air compressor would be present.I forget what the application was for the Dremel (somewhere upthread) so I don't know whether the oil is a problem or not. If working on metal, I would suggest that the oil is probably a benefit, not a problem.
If oil is a problem, I would second the suggestion for a Foredom. Note that not only does it have a fairly hefty flexible shaft, but for smaller tools (e;g. what a Dremel would be comfortable driving) there is a handpiece with a short very flexible shaft just before it which makes precise hand control a lot easier. I use an ancient Foredom with the extra flexible handpiece for tuning English concertina reeds, with a Dremel foot pedal for speed control, from a near total stop (needed on the tiny reeds at the upper end of the collection in a typical concertina) to near full speed (for the lowest pitch reeds).
Enjoy, DoN.