Reddit reviews Milescraft 1097 ToolStand - Drill Press Stand (compatible with Dremel),Black

We found 4 Reddit comments about Milescraft 1097 ToolStand - Drill Press Stand (compatible with Dremel),Black. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

Sturdy metal head fits most Dremel style rotary toolsSpring loaded metal rack and pinion gearing for smoothe controlled drillingScale with depth stop allows precised depth control and repeatabilityThe steel 13-1/2″ support column of the ToolStand, fits securely into a 6″ x 6″ formed steel base plate whose surface and mounting platforms have been planed to ensure a level work surfaceLock tools in horizontal position for hands free use

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4 Reddit comments about Milescraft 1097 ToolStand - Drill Press Stand (compatible with Dremel),Black:

u/neuromonkey · 13 pointsr/DIY

What's your budget for tools? This whole thing could be hand-carved using a couple of x-acto knives. It'd be a lot easier if you had a stabilized drill or drill press, like a Dremel and an inexpensive press. Also useful for this sort of work would be a small, flat, metal engineer's ruler.

A solid work surface with holes and movable dowels can go a long way towards stabilizing your work pieces. Small clamps would certainly help, though use foam rubber in the jaws to avoid marking up the wood.

Check out Micro-Mark's tools. They're mostly quite expensive, but they give you ideas of how you can hold and manipulate small pieces. They do have some affordable stuff.

I prefer an aliphatic resin adhesive to cyanoacrylate (super glue) for wood. I use Titebond and a wet rag to clean up. (Seriously, it's easier to clean up wet than dry. Get a wet rag.)

It'd be a lot easier if the photographs weren't completely out of focus.

Get some scrap pieces of various woods and a couple of cheap carving tools. Spend some time carving shapes. That'll give you a feel for what needs to be done, and how different woods are to work. Pine is very soft. Maple is harder; good for wooden spoons and stuff. Ash is a lighter, hard wood. As Na4 says, basswood is a common choice carving small boxes.

If you live in a big city, there is likely a specialty wood shop (in Boston, Rockler,) that'll sell "pen blanks" of many exotic woods. These won't cost too much. These are small slabs often used to turn (carve on on a lathe) pen bodies, but they're also good for small carving projects.

When you glue flat pieces together, use a light coat of glue on each surface and clamp tightly. Glue should ooze out of the sides. Clean with a wet rag. You want to minimize the seam when dry. Be careful to keep glue away from the insides of the joints/moving pieces.

u/I_make_things · 8 pointsr/techsupportmacgyver

I dunno, sometimes I prefer to just pay the thirty bucks

u/Admiral_Butter_Crust · 4 pointsr/Gameboy

Highly recommend some milling bits (find some that fit the collet your dremel has, don't get a chuck) and a dremel stand as well. I have one of these and it makes this carving out shells even easier.

Personally, I'd love a full size mill but I don't think I can fit one in my small 1 bed apartment =)

u/ninetynein · 1 pointr/PenTurning

The bare minimum setup from my perspective would be:

A vice (or something else to hold the blanks) and a handsaw with a small kerf. Maybe a dovetail saw or something. This will let you cut the premade blanks to length. You won't really be able to make your own blanks easily without a bandsaw
Then you have to drill out your blanks. If you don't have room for a drill press, you might be able to get away with hand drilling them. I did it for a while, but you either have to be very good, or use a larger blank (I was the later). Otherwise, maybe a hand drill drill press setup? And some good drill bits. The sizes depend on the kits you buy.
Gluing in the tubes to the blank doesn't take any special tools.
A Pen mill (aka barrel trimmer) works ok in a hand drill as well. This is required to trim the end of the glued up blanks. Again, sizes depend on the kits.
For a lathe, if you're really tight on space, the Taig lathes are pretty good.
You'll need a couple turning tools. Maybe a bowl gouge and a parting tool? Don't go too high end to start with.
You can use the above vice above as a pen press, which you need to put your pens together.
Sand paper from 300 down to 800 grit. Some people use sanding pads as well down to 12,000 grit.
Paper towel and CA glue to finish.

That's about the bare minimum I think. I'm not endorsing any of the brands I linked to here. They're just in there for reference. The lack of a drill press would probably cause you the most problems, but you'll survive ;)

I hope that helps!