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We had to cut out a 6 inch section of the frame and replace it. I bought this tool for my father to attach to his dremel tool to help us fix one of our door frames. This dremel circular saw tool did the job exactly as we'd hoped.
Actually too well built. They definitely had safety in mind when they built it. This unit is well built. was more than what i needed.
But the tooth of the saw itself went curved with 2 hours of use, and the dremel tool doesn't have enough torque to work except on the easiest surfaces, maybe balsa or very thin wood. It's like a toy saw, the construction quality of the housing is good and sometimes it does work quite well. A big deception.
i have found very few uses where a simple cut-off wheel would not do just as well. this tool is almost too small. the accessory does a fine job when you do find the right situation, however.
It's a detail saw with a dream-kerf of about a millimeter. I guess I'm just going to have to be careful to change the blade sooner this time. this little guy is super handy. The spindle-lock for the tool gave out before the screw moved, and I ended up bending the shaft of the saw trying.
Make SURE you wear goggles, now, dust and bits are going to fly.Second: I don't know the solution to this second problem. I would have returned it to Dremel, but since I had cut off the safety as I described, there was no chance. This is fine if you're cutting something roughly, and you don't care within an 1/8 of an inch where the blade touches your work, but otherwise it's maddening. Ultimately I decided I had gotten far more than my money's worth out of the tool anyway, and bought a new one. If you do this, be mindful of where it is sealed to keep in the lubricating oil, and leave the back face of the safety on to help you keep the blade straight up and down. But I can't recommend it without a few comments.First: that safety housing around it is so bulky that you cannot really see where the blade is going to go, exactly.
When I first bought it I tried it for a few cuts then put it aside to return. Once you do this little surgery, of course, you're out of warrantee, but then, WOW. I used my mini-saw so much, for so long, cutting through tempered hard-board that the blade got quite overheated and warped. I still use it every day. I use my mini-rip saw all the time; it's absolutely essential to my art work. Instead what I did was attach it into one Dremel and use my other one, with a diamond cut-off wheel inserted, and lop the whole front of that silly cage off.
When I finally realized I should have changed it a while ago, I found that the screw holding it in had fused to the blade and I couldn't get it off.
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