Dremel!

[breathemetal]

So I got a Dremel and a TON of attachments for xmas :)
Are there any good guides as to cutting holes in cases for cable management? That will be the main use of it. Maybe cutting fan holes eventually but idk.

[BuBBle.D]

You dont need any guides. Just mask the surface you want to cut with masking tape, draw the hole and start cutting. After that you give the holes a nice finish with a file and you are good to go.

[aztec]

Oh NOOOES! Not the evil Dremel. Put it away now b4 u haxx0rz up all your stuff. ;)

Go practice on your car or something b4 you take it to your PC box. :D

[breathemetal]

Oh NOOOES! Not the evil Dremel. Put it away now b4 u haxx0rz up all your stuff. ;)

Go practice on your car or something b4 you take it to your PC box. :D

haha well thats just a GREAT idea! Ill go do that now! :rolleyes:

[knissel]

Im a noob this is my first time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzb6T0rIHbk

[atomic ferret]

Get some scrap metal or even wood to practice cutting and getting a feel for the tool.

[BuBBle.D]

Make sure you hold the dremel with both hands so you can cut more precisely and straight. Not like knissel did it in the video although he did a nice clean cut with one hand.

[YukonTrooper]

Try not cutting on angles. You'll go through blades like water.

[Lunchbox21984]

Oh NOOOES! Not the evil Dremel. Put it away now b4 u haxx0rz up all your stuff. ;)

Go practice on your car or something b4 you take it to your PC box. :D

dude, that is some funny sh*t. i about fell out of my chair when i read go practice on your car.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

there is a lot of technique to dremel despite what these posters above have said.....

one it that when you use a cutoff wheel dont cut throught something all the way of the first pass EVER.

Go along the line you want to cut going through the material about a third of the way making sure to stay .5-1mm outside the line to give yourself some finishing room, then on the next pass do another third. And on the final pass a final third through the material.this will help you achieve clean cuts and straight lines. Use the 1/2" dia. sanding wheels to finish a cut edge and mak it look very professional.

the method I described above also helps make cutting wheels last much longer because you are not pressing on a perpendicular edge like a single cut through the material.

[aztec]

dude, that is some funny sh*t. i about fell out of my chair when i read go practice on your car.


:hrhr:

[knissel]

yeah i only had to use one wheel when I cut my case... You have to make sure not to apply too much pressure or your :banana::banana::banana::banana: will break...

[aztec]

Seriously tho'...the thing about Dremel's is their speed is deceptive. Mine is either 15k or 30k RPM. Not 3,000 but 30,000 RPM. That's fast, and can take off a lot of material before you know it.

As SNiiPE said, there is a learning curve. If the OP never used one before, then I suggest getting the feel of it with an old piece of scrap metal first.

[Lunchbox21984]

ditto, you can be cutting along and not even notice that you took too much off that you didnt want too. so, like everyone said, do some test cutting on a scrape piece of metal or an old case that you wont ever use anymore and do some test cut outs.

But always remember to be Safe, wear your safety glasses and/or face shield when doing this. :thumb:

[N19h7m4r3]

Test cutting?! Are you mad?! Get in there and rip that chassis apart!

That's how I learned to use a Dremel!

[SaiNRuB]

Be one with the dremel. Let it guide your destiny. :)

[DonFaygo]

Be one with the dremel. Let it guide your destiny. :)

I see your dremel is as big as mine.

[hoax]

I saved this one from an old post, can't find the original thread tho:
http://www.mnpctech.com/DremelCircle.html

[SteveDay72]

The most important tip is always use a pair of safety glasses!

...Early on in my dremeling experience, I discovered that the hard way and had to spend the rest of the evening in the waiting room of the local ER. The ironic thing was, they used a tool exactly like one of my dremel bits to remove the piece of metal from my eye ;)

Steve

[Jonni Nitro]

^^^^ What he said! Please wear your safety glasses. An exploding cutting wheel at 30k rpm will have you looking like a one-eyed pirate. Good for Halloween, bad when you show up for school/work on Monday and have tell that story. I have some glasses with little LED lights in them from Harbor Frieght Tools....best things ever. Have fun and always take your time. If you get flustered then take a break. The worst thing you can do is rush it and screw something up.

[karl_eller]

Definitely safety glasses. 15-30k RPM is damn fast, and you don't want to show up to the local ER room with half a cutting disk sticking out of your eye.

Do some practice on some old sheet metal cutting out whatever shapes you're planning to do. Also remember that different metals (eg Steel or Aluminium) cut somewhat differently and take slightly different techniques.

Eller

[The0men]

It's also heaps easier to work on the outside of the case, just measure where you want
to cut your holes and transpose them to the out sige of the case
so that you can work perpendicular, as working on another angle wears the
disks out incredibly fast. Its dead easy to mark out if you gotta hight guage, if not a
rule or tape will have to suffice.

Also if you can get the flexible drive attatchment it makes
working in small spaces much easier. You just hang your dremel above
your joband work with the pencil drive. And for cleaning up there are various
mandrels and attactment for sandpaper, which is far easier than using
a burr.

Sometimes to it pays to get a drill, and drill holes where your corners are,
if you mark the correct distance in from the corner, then drill after
centre-popping then your work is easier and neater because your left
with a nice radius, and not a square corner, where sometimes
you can cut to far, or not enough and need to file it out.

[exe163]

I am looking for some good cutting bits, any recommendation and where I could get them?

[knissel]

Don't use safety goggles if your a complete bad ass

[Fredthered]

For those of you who don't know, knissel was the one who taught Lt. Commander Georgi LaForge, how to modify a PC Case !
Here he is, before having the Dremel wheel removed :

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3145963520/ch0001452 :rofl:

Other famous badass dremmelers:
James Thurber
Sammy Davies Jnr.
Theodore Roosevelt
Admiral Horatio Nelson
Rumour also has it, that King Harold wasn't really blinded by a Norman arrow, during the Battle of Hastings, but was actually doing a little 'cable management' on his Rosewill Case.
Suddenly he found, Rosewon't ! and all his soldiers stood round saying: ' Keep blinking, Harold. It'll work it's way out! '
Where do you think we get the RAM frequency of 1066 from ?

For all of you with asses not as bad as that :fart:
Yes, use eye protection.

Cheers
Fredthered

[gatecrasherlok]

The dremel is a seriously addictive tool to use. I definately recommend cutting some spare unused parts first to know the characteristics of the tool first. I think as snipe stated earlier. It is best to kind of draw a line and let the dremel do the work on the piece of metal. Make sure no to apply too much pressure and go over the line with the dremel with pressure but not too much, just enough to take some metal off until it cuts. Thsi ensures a nice finish from my own personal experience.

But yeah its hell of a lot of fun to use

[jonneymendoza]

haha i used a dremel befog eon my old chieftec full tower case made of steel and tbh it was a nightmare. i tried to cut a big hole for the side panel and spent 30mins cutting about 10cm of it and gne through 5-6 blades in doing so!

i then whipped out the old jigsaw and cut the whole thing in like 10mins flat :)

maybe i was using the wrong blade or maybe the dremel i had was crap. either way it took ages to do so :(

any ways im thinking of re visiting the dremel and using it on this case:

http://lian-li.com/v2/tw/product/upload/image/A70/a70f02.jpg

i want to cut holes in that mobo tray for cable management and if all goes well, cut a hole at the top of the case to fit at least two 120mm fans.

doable on a dremel or do i need to whip out a jigsaw again :P Also, it would be easier to cut holes on the mobo tray as it can be taken out of the case :)