Dremel work on a case

[soulesschild]

So I got a dremel 300 for xmas and I've been practicing cuts on steel and wood before I try to cut a window in my ATCS 840. I'm wondering how you guys would cut a window smoothly and make straight lines using a dremel. I'm going to make an aid like CyberDruid's guide out of birch plywood but not sure how I would keep it straight while dremeling...any tips? Also once I have a window, how would you guys cover it with plexiglass or acrylic? Glue the stuff together or rivet it (not sure how to do this...)

[YukonTrooper]

I used a Dremel last night to cut a piece of metal out of my Solo, so that my GTX 260 216SP would fit in the case. I ended up breaking two heads because I had to cut on an angle. My advice? Try not cutting on an angle. :)

Dremeling straight will be a pain in the ass. A radial arm saw would be nice for that. Do you have various heads for the Dremel? You could make a rough cut, making sure not to go over the line, then use one of the round heads to make the line flush.

[Serpentarius]

use Jigsaw to cut straights .. they give a smooth,straight cuts

dremelling is actually for very small handcrafts .. get a Jigsaw .. cut the major parts .. and use dremel to trim the minor edges

[soulesschild]

use Jigsaw to cut straights .. they give a smooth,straight cuts

dremelling is actually for very small handcrafts .. get a Jigsaw .. cut the major parts .. and use dremel to trim the minor edges

Do you need different blades to cut diff material or is it universal?

[Junimrox]

To cut straight with the dremel you need to have a "steady hand"(i don't know the expression) and you can't cut it like a jig saw. You need to go scratching the surface little by little, each time deeper until you cut it without any resistance. This will also save you cutting discs. You need to use the 409 cutting disc, they are thinner and give a best finishing. The fiber reinforced are good to, but a little too thick imo.
if i wasn't clear enough please ask.
BTW i hate cutting with the jigsaw, it makes so much noise...

[upsidedown]

the extension head also helps as it give you a smaller object to hold giving you more control

[atomic ferret]

A jigsaw attachment might be useful:
http://www.dremelstore.us/drmsxprmuat.html

[soulesschild]

I unfortunately don't have the dremel XPR =[

[Carbon]

I need to get to work with my dremel tomorrow, but unfortunately I'm in pretty much the same rut that you are. Using a dremel is going to be a ton of work, and I have my doubts how well it will really turn out in the end. Cutting a straight line isn't easy, and cutting anything at all takes an awfully long time. Patience and practice I guess....

[Etherwolf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZoE-zj0-k

[gatecrasherlok]

As someone stated earlier cutting with a dremmel definately takes time and alot of patience. When I cut out some holes for cable routing in my case I used the heavy duty discs to cut around 4 holes.

Firstly I prepped my parts to be cut, for instance used masking tape to cover up the parts that you dont want cutting and use it as an outline really.

Then slowly dremmeling, you wont cut straight through though. You will find that you will have to kind of draw lines with the circular disc until it finally cuts through.

Hope it helps, I know what i just write was kind of vague but not really sure on how to actually describe it.

Oh did I forget a very steady hand :)

[soulesschild]

Yea I'm going to set some time aside and cut up an old antec sonata side panel slowly xD