Dremel 220-01 Rotary Tool Work Station
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Dremel 220-01 Rotary Tool Work Station
Customer Review: An excellent accessory
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent accessory for the already-versatile rotary tool. The trick to its use is to recognize the inherent limitation of all rotary tools.
They are high-speed, low-torque tools. The work is done in the same way that a dentist's drill works: Very light pressure lets the bit in effect shave away the material. As the manual says, you need to adjust the tool so the bit is very close to the workpiece, then slowly lower the bit into it.
This means you can't use the Dremel drill press the same way you would use a full-size drill press, where you can bear down on the lever and force the bit to dig into the work. If you try to use it that way, you'll get the "slop" that some other reviewers mention.
When it's used correctly-- and the manual makes it very clear how to do so-- this is a very good accessory to have.
Customer Review: Another Good Dremel accessory
Summary: 4 Stars
This press is great for all those little odd jobs. As a hobbyist, I use this item often. The slop others mentioned in other reviews can easily be removed by adjusting the 4 set screws to snug things up and tightening the other nuts and bolts in the assembly. Any press will flex if its forced beyond its intended limits. When used as intended. This press does everything it claims and more. The fact it can be adjusted to work as a bench grinder only adds to it value. When combined with a cross-slide mini vise. It will also work as a mini bridgeport for light machining. I would have given it a 5 star rating. But because I had to take the whole thing apart and reassemble it the way it should have been done at the factory. I gave it a 4. All in all, its still a great addition for anyone that owns a Dremel.Customer Review: Awesome!
Summary: 5 Stars
This press works very nicely.. The high-speed rotary of the dremel virtually eliminates bit travel caused by the motor of a "regular" drill in a "regular" drill press.. ..resulting in perfect holes.Customer Review: Badly engineered for holding rotary tools stably
Summary: 1 Stars
I disagree with Kandoro. He's obviously not read the post by J. Blackthorne clearly .. I received my unit last week and was definitely perplexed about the fact that my 395 (apparently supported by the unit) was way too small. There were no real mounting brackets to hold the unit firmly in place other than the coupling nut at the bottom. There has to be an adapter .. otherwise this is either bad engineering or bad marketing.
I am not really going to use it for anything high-precision but I do need tight enough tolerance for drilling holes close to each other. I cannot use the 220-01 station reliably .. intend to modify it to hold my dremel tool. And if I can't .. I'm returning it.
Customer Review: Cheap drill press
Summary: 4 Stars
I work on model trains and this stand allows me to have a drill press that is the right size for my work. It needs a holding vise, but it does what its supposed to do otherwise.