Uh oh. I spoke too soon.
The tool list for the Intermediate 1911 Armorers class next weekend includes a Dremel. Now I am a little intimidated. I had a 1990 vintage Dremel for a while, but the bearings were shot on it before I got into the whole gunnie bidness.
I'm a handtool enthusiast for most things, but I am no purist. While I do have a hand cranked post drill in my shop, the Delta floor model drill press has it's place and I probably use it more. I have as many types of antique handsaws as I have firearms. Probably more. But the bandsaw is there, too.
I wonder if I could rig up a velocipede style 15,000 rpm dremel-type tool...? Nah. But this will be my first battery operated tool I own. Only getting rechargeable because of the class.
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If they are available, get a couple extra battery packs. I bought my wife a cordless dremel and I'm not impressed. I'll keep my corded one.
Not sure if I would bother with a "1911 armorer's class" that used a *Dremel." Buffing only, perhaps? I question it even then. Dammit, either you use a darned mill (and a good one) or don't bother. There's darned little you can *teach* a person to do to a 1911 "by eye." (It's true I did chuck up the pins from my Sistema in a hand-cranked drill and polish them with Flitz when I put in the C&S lockwork, and even knocked down some burrs with a fine diamond hone, but that ain't no Dremeling.)
Dunno about that... Dremel seems to be a bit 'extreme'...
I actually have the Black and Decker variable speed version. It uses most if not all of the same accessories as well, I have mine set up with the Dremel Flex Shaft attachment. Simply because it is easier to hold and maneuver than the whole tool itself. Plus it saved me about $30 at the time.
I'm not worried. How much damage can I really do with a 15,000 rpm battery operated device with a 1/8th inch carbide bit on a 1911 frame, after all?
I think the biggest thing with the dremel is buffing or smoothing down the front sight stake if you replace that.
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