Dremel 220-01 Rotary Tool Work Station
|
List Price: Our Price: $36.64 You Save: $28.05 (43%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $33.99 (click here) Category: Tools See more product details |
|---|
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Dremel 220-01 Rotary Tool Work Station
Customer Review: Great item
Summary: 5 Stars
The assembly directions are worthless. Still I had it assembled in 10 minutes without the help of directions. It isn't rocket science and anyone with some mechanical ability should not have a problem. It is designed logically. I saw a review where someone had to thread a hole that had no threads. The hole did not need threads! But the product is what it looks like. A light weight hobby/craft tool not intended for heavy duty commercial use. Seems sturdy and well constructed for the price and purpose. It also worked with my Craftsman rotary tool, which was great since my Dremel tools are all battery powered and do not work with this device (altho, I have not tried them....just going on reports.)
I'd buy it again.
Customer Review: Great item, but not perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
this iem is really versatile and well built, but the only problem i've found is that it aint as "tight" as it would appear, when you use it as a drill press the tip of the drill may go a few milimeters sideways when it touches his objetiveCustomer Review: HORRIBLE assembly instructions...quality stinks!
Summary: 1 Stars
I've owned Dremel products for years, and like them. I bought this expecting it to work with my "older" Dremel from the late 1990s...
First of all, out of the box...NO VISUAL STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS whatsoever. I've written technical documentation in the past, and have assembled many things including a full-sized Craftsman table saw. I was shocked at how horrible and incomplete the instructions were for this product. It has a not-so-helpful diagram, and a few short instructions in the "Assembly" area of the manual. As far as I'm concerned, I could've been reading the Spanish instructions and had an easier time.
There is a telescoping tube that has rubber caps on each end. Not understanding what they are for, I removed them and took the two tubes apart (they were never mentioned in the assembly). Then I struggled to figure out how to put it all together. It ends up you're supposed to leave the two tubes nested, and extend one of them. Not clear from the instructions! (perhaps that was covered in the Spanish section!)
There is a locking mechanism on the back of the unit that holds the Dremel, but I don't think it ever mentions attaching it BEFORE sliding the drill press unit down the shaft...so after I finally got everything assembled, I had to disassemble it to put this piece back in.
Also, the drill press unit rotates and locks "vertical." Mine's not perfectly vertical...probably off 1-2 degrees. I can't figure out how to get it to be straight.
I could go on, but it would be more of the same. After struggling with it and taking about an hour to assemble it, I learned that my older 1998 Dremel doesn't even fit in the collar. So I'm going to have to go buy another Dremel in order to use the drill press.
I am really disappointed in Dremel!! This is NOT up to Dremel standards. Dremel, if you're listening, I will write your assembly instructions for you if you send me a new Dremel that works with this!
UPDATE: I'd like to add even more information on this one. Now that it's assembled, and I've used it a few times...this was a complete waste of money. It is so flimsy...when you're trying to drill a hole, the holder for the Dremel tool wiggles around, and makes it hard to drill precise holes. $50 or so is not a horrible price, but I've owned other Dremel accessories in the past, including the previous drill press and the router, and none have ever been of poor quality. This has some nice design features (crow's nest holder for drill bits), and it's pretty (blue plastic and chrome is "decorative" and looks pretty on my workbench)...but it is simply not a quality piece of machinery. Oh, the cast aluminum base is nice. But if you need precision, I hear that there's a machined drill press online somewhere that is a better quality for a little more money, and probably well worth it. If you're drilling imprecise holes in balsa wood or Twinkies, then this might work for you.
Customer Review: Handy Bench Tool
Summary: 5 Stars
It holds the roto tool securely and allows you to have both hands free to shape your project. I've drill several hundred holes more quickly & accurately than doing it one handed. I waited way too long to add this to my bench.Customer Review: Help???
Summary: 1 Stars
I just purchased this with high hopes and just left a scathing review but came back to edit it after reading and following TRA's review. Because of TRA's wonderful help in an above review listing 18 steps on how to put together this work station, I think I just may be able to use this item. If you are having problems, you may want to do what I did and print out TRA's review and go through it step by step. The directions that came with this item are really lacking. I've put many, many things together and this one gave me fits.
It's not the best work station and I may still go out and buy a drill press, but truly you get what you pay for.