99 + 1 problems - my Dremel has died!

[thepotatokid]

My faithful dremel has stopped working - I am totally devastated. Had it running for an extended period yesterday, grinding away a BB mount bash guard to fit it to my Blur. It simply shut itself down and has refused to restart. The digital speed readout still works but there's no movement from the electric motor.

Any suggestions/experience in getting it up and running?

 

[Flow-Rider]

Forget the dremel and buy a good quality pneumatic die grinder.

 

[link1896]

does it have replaceable motor brushes? show us a picture of it. as flow-rider has suggested, if you have an air compressor, a pneumatic die grinder rocks, makes a dremel look like a toy

 

[thepotatokid]

does it have replaceable motor brushes? show us a picture of it. as flow-rider has suggested, if you have an air compressor, a pneumatic die grinder rocks, makes a dremel look like a toy

Good tip on the motor brushes - I'll have a look.

Failing that, a pneumatic die grinder sounds like a worthy addition to the shed. Dremels are a bit dainty for some bike- related work...

 

[ajay]

Good tip on the motor brushes - I'll have a look.

Failing that, a pneumatic die grinder sounds like a worthy addition to the shed. Dremels are a bit dainty for some bike- related work...

Yeah they work pretty hard to remove metal.

+2 for the pneumatic die grinder, I use one at work most days, its unkillable.

 

[kwikee]

Yeah they work pretty hard to remove metal.

+2 for the pneumatic die grinder, I use one at work most days, its unkillable.

Need a high cfm compressor to run one, though. Your average Bunnings special won't cut it.

 

[thepotatokid]

Yeah they work pretty hard to remove metal.

+2 for the pneumatic die grinder, I use one at work most days, its unkillable.

Agree with that - I had to resort to using the angle grinder in the end.