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| verithingeoff |
Dremel toolsDoes anyone know if you can get a larger chuck for the Dremel. I'm not wanting to drill big holes, but I use my dremel on a stand and spin parts for cleaning. Nice to go to 5mm from the satndard 3.??---
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| Les |
Is this what you are after??
http://www.dremeleurope.com/dreme...B&ccat_id=515&prod_id=215 |
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| verithingeoff |
That one only goes upto 3.4mm  ---
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| Les |
I have been though their website and that is the only one I can find. 
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| verithingeoff |
I spent an hour or so trawling the net this arfo and all I found was a couple of guys who have adapted Jacobs chucks from 1/4" hand drills. I would have thought that this would be a popular mod  ---
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| johnreid |
Might be cheaper to buy a variable speed drill | ||
| verithingeoff |
It's all about the size John. When I work on a restoration, I do it at my desk, so space is at an absolute premium. The Dremel lives in the footwell on it's drill stand so it's readily accessible.---
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| madeinenglang |
same as me I have looked all over the web I think that its going to be a home mod and make one. |
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| robertosala |
Same with me.
I've looking to improve this but have not found something adaptable yet. The multichuk is not big enough.
Rob |
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| BK |
Don't you mean bigger collets??? | ||
| verithingeoff |
The biggest collet measures 3.4 mm, the hole in the holder is 3.9mm. As far as I can tell these are the biggest parts available---
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| BK |
They probably havn't got enough grunt to run anything bigger, they do tend to "die in the rear end" under load.
Enjoy Petrie!! |