zhunter Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 (edited) I just did something I thought I would NEVER do!!! I took a dremel tool to one of my guns. Is there any going back once you have gone down this road? Edited December 5, 2006 by zhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Nope. Once you've taken a hit on "The Gunsmith's Friend", you're hooked for good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI5-O Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 You'll get use to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 You might want to invest in some long sleeved shirts to cover the tracks on your arms (from sparks and broken cut-off wheels). I have a 2 Dremel habit. The corded for long sessions and the cordless for a quick and easy fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 I "bit the bullet" so to speak, bought a corded model!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 You can never turn back. The gun is now a "tool" to be modified and changed to suit your needs and comfort..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 You can never turn back. The gun is now a "tool" to be modified and changed to suit your needs and comfort..... And COMFORT is the freakin' reason I took the dreaded Dremel tool to my rear sight on my Springer loaded .45 single stacker. The rear sight was squared off on the top right and left corners. OUCH!!! And with the serious repetition of yesterdays session with Manny Bragg, I have less skin on my right thumb than I started with at the beginning of the lesson. So..... I NOW have a rear sight with nicely rounded corners that will NEVER again gouge my hands!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I "bit the bullet" so to speak, bought a corded model!! That's good ---- now run, do not walk, to the nearest hardware store, and buy a cordless model for your tool/spare parts bag, so the next time something hurts in class or during practice, you can fix it immediately..... ......just wait until the day you start disassembling your car or house...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 LOL, why use a file and stone when you have a dremel "handy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Put down the dremel tool and come out with your hands up Someone from the Guild will be by to collect the offending device, destroy it and mail your pistol to a smith of our chosing for a full sight replacment. If we let you get away with this whats next, a flex shaft or maybe blue tanks in the garage? Where will it end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 Where will it end. That is my worry, what path have I gone down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 watch out, you'll put your eye out with that thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatland Shooter Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Ever since I started doing a little gunsmithing, every other year or so someone gives me a Dremel tool for Christmas. I tried to kick the habit, but they keep on coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmcphersn Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 (snip)Is there any going back ? Only with a welder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Merriam Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Rule #1---Dremel only on the cheapest part first! Rule #2---Never drink and Dremel Rule #3---Resist the urge to by a milling machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Be a man! Buy a Foredom! 1/8th horsepower and a gas peddle! Cya, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 There is a 12 Step Program for Dremel addiction. I agree with Pat - get a Foredom. That's a real man's grinder!!! A Dremel is like a bicycle with training wheels. Vertical mill? I don't need no stinking vertical mill if I have a Foredom. Wish they had a 1/2 hp model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 watch out, you'll put your eye out with that thing! Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toowide Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Ah the sound of dremel tools in the morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Sample Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Pistolsmiths love Dremelmen! We do a morning prayer for them! They create more work than we can handle! Keep up the good work, boys and girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddjob Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 The local gunsmith here says the same thing!! He thinks every gun owner should have one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral404 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I have a pedal and flex cable on my Dremel. Cheapest was the Walmart Internet site. Luckily, I am incompetent enough not to get myself in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Luckily, I am incompetent enough not to get myself in trouble. Knowing your limitations is always a good thing! I used to have root access to a large corporations servers. Did I know everything you should know if you have that kind of access? Definitely not! But I did know what I should do and how to do it without blowing anything up. So I minded my p's and q's and all went well. Rule #2---Never drink and Dremel blink.gif I don't even go in the room with the Dremel when I am drinking! -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I just did something I thought I would NEVER do!!!I took a dremel tool to one of my guns. Is there any going back once you have gone down this road? And shooters refer to shooting an open gun as "Going to the Dark Side" You'll never go back. Just remember not to go nuts all at once. Go nuts a little at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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