Which Dremel attachments for case modding?

SlaveToSilence · Post by **SlaveToSilence** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:03 pm

Which dremel attachments do you guys use for modding cases?
is there a xx piece set that has all/most of the ones we'd need? i want to do a nice job of cutting out the fangrill in my SFF amongst other things
will be for a dremel 8000

Thanks

CallmeRoth · Post by **CallmeRoth** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:53 am

Ive only ever used a cutting wheel.

jhhoffma · Post by **jhhoffma** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:24 pm

Fiberglass-reinforced cutting wheels, while expensive, are the most useful items as they can grind and cut at the same time.

SlaveToSilence · Post by **SlaveToSilence** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:33 pm

what about the diamond tipped cutting wheels/slot cutters for doing fan grills? or does one come with it that is good enough?

Hypernova · Post by **Hypernova** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:44 pm

Diamond on steel cutting wheel, when I bought my kit it came with the fibreglass variety but I can get abusive so I use the fibreglass ones on plastic only.

Post by **CA_Steve** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:36 pm

or. you can use a tin snips...

cb95014 · Post by **cb95014** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:42 pm

I often use the flap wheels to quickly de-burr sheetmetal. This completely eliminates sharp edges.

xan_user · Post by **xan_user** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:10 am

CA_Steve wrote:or. you can use a tin snips...

Yeah, no safety glasses required.

I use my dremel for smoothing rough edges and tin snips for cutting.

SlaveToSilence · Post by **SlaveToSilence** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:12 am

my p180 already has the grills tin snipped out so will use the dremel to neaten them up, which attachment would be best for that?

jhhoffma · Post by **jhhoffma** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:51 am

SlaveToSilence wrote:my p180 already has the grills tin snipped out so will use the dremel to neaten them up, which attachment would be best for that?

If the cut edges are not clean (lots of excess metal) and burred real bad, then a metal grinding stone will be the best. If it's just sharp edges that need to be rounded off, see three posts up.

Plekto · Post by **Plekto** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:36 pm

A neat trick is to take some masking tape and make a layer of it behind the grille opening's offset. I sometimes also use a hollowed out fan for this as a bit of extension tube as it were. This keeps a lot of the metal dust out of the case.

Oh - I use the fiberglass wheel and carefully grind the edges clean after cutting. Oh - and wear blue jeans. Expect a good 1-2 foot shower of sparks as well.

mkk · Post by **mkk** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:14 am

While remaking my main system for a Bulldozer upgrade I'm going to take the oportunity to cut away the rear vent on my Define R3. Since tin snips leave a lot of leftovers I thought I'd give a cheap Dremel copy a try, using some quality attachment like Dremels own. I don't want to use cutting discs for sake of safety and my lack of experience and good work area, so I was thinking that going these short distances of not too thick steel should be doable with some sort of grinding or cutting pin. Going the easy route and maybe helping out with the snips in a few places, would it be doable using grinding pins(down left) or should I get some sort of cutting bit(down right)? I don't mind if it takes a while if there is less work to do afterwards. I've also seen some grinding pins with a diamond coat that are also thinner, would those be speedier or perhaps they're more for glass?

Which Dremel attachments for case modding?

Which Dremel attachments for case modding?

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