I have had the same Dremel tool for over 20 years. It is on its
second or third set of bearings however. The thing that you have to
remember is that you cannot push an electric motor like you can an air
tool. It is very easy to overload an Dremel tool since it is a VERY
small motor. An air too that is pushed into overload will stop with
no damage while an overloaded electric motor will let out the magic
smoke that can not be put back in except by application of lots of
green paper with the photo's of dead presidents on them.

John

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:50:04 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Yosimite Sam" wrote in message
news:a46wb.286512$Fm2.295412@attbi_s04...
Today, while cutting my panel for the intercom, my little pal, Mr. Dremel
coughed a puff of smoke and the RPM's quickly bled off and the cutting
blade
came to a final stop. 8 years old and nearly two Kitfoxes complete. By
far,
the most valuable and most used tool. I can just hope that my life will be
as productive as Mr. Dremels' has been.


--
Yosimite Sam

I always wonder what I have been doing wrong with mine. I have gone through
two, with relativly little run time on them. The one I have now is nearly
unuseable, because the variable speed switch is very intermitent. The
bearings in both were sh*t. I will not buy another.