Dremel 764-04 Pumpkin Carving Rotary Tool includes 10 Templates
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Dremel 764-04 Pumpkin Carving Rotary Tool includes 10 Templates
Customer Review: Not impressed
Summary: 2 Stars
I should be the ideal user of this tool; I've been making translucent pumpkin carvings for years. Until now, I've done so by hand, chipping and peeling off bits of pumpkin rind with a razorblade. It's a labor-intensive project, but the effect really is cool. So I was very enthusiastic when I heard about the Dremel carver, which promised to make this much easier.
Unfortunately, the result is just a lot of pumpkin mush. You cannot carve fine detail with this tool, and although it's safer than a razor blade I still don't think it's appropriate for children to carve with. The tool is heavy and awkward, and I needed to stop often to wipe away the pulped pumpkin. Even when I relegated it to its most appropriate task, thinning large areas of pumpkin rind, it wasn't a whole lot more effective or all that much easier than hand-peeling. At times it was useful for deepening peeled areas that weren't glowing enough, but for the price, I was not impressed. Next Halloween, this tool will be a little-used accessory.
Customer Review: Not what I expected
Summary: 3 Stars
This Pumpkin Carver should be called a "Pumpkin Skinner". It's great for patterns that call for you to skin (remove only the top layer instead of cutting all the way through) the pumpkin for a glowing effect. But I did not find it very effective for actual carving, even though I went and bought a carving bit (not included with Dremel). So: great for skinning, but only average, at best, for carving.Customer Review: Not what expected, but fine once I lowered my expectations
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this thinking it would be the end-all be-all in pumpkin carving. I was really disappointed when I actually used it. It's not meant for anything tougher than slowly scraping the skin off of a pumpkin (and turning the skin into a messy pulp). Put any strain on it and it will oftentimes just cut off, so you've got to coax it back on (turn it off, wait, turn it back on again). Also I was disappointed to see it only came with one bit - if you market something as a carving tool you really should have a bit that does some carving, not just scraping. (just a note here - the package does say "Tool is intended for carving design not cutting shapes." Since I purchased this online from a site that didn't clarify this, my expectations were admittedly off. When I see something that says it is for pumpkin CARVING I think of traditional pumpkin carving. Which is, in fact, cutting a design into a pumpkin.)
BUT, once I lowered my expectations, I found it can be quite useful (albeit in only one respect). We tend to cut more complex carvings/faces/patterns in our pumpkins and I found that using the dremel to trace the pattern into the skin first made it a LOT easier to get the cuts right when I went in with the blade. It made following the pattern really easy. Just be prepared to clean up a lot of pumpkin pulp.
Customer Review: Overrated cordless tool
Summary: 1 Stars
This tool would work great for its original intent, moulding, minor sculpting, but other than that, it sucks. it over heats, drains batteries rapidly, and really doesnt like to carve pumpkins at all. the average pumpkin is b/t 1/2" and 1" in thickness, and the thicker the worse it works. i prob spent about $12 in batteries before i went and got my CORDED ROTO ZIP to finish the job. dont waste your time.Customer Review: Pumpkin Carving "TOOL"....
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased the "tool" to carve some pumpkins at a party. AND IT DID NOT WORK WELL - in fact - IT SUCKED!! I am SO NOT happy with this item!! When the discription says "Pumpkin Carving Dremel" to me that means CARVING!!! Not scraping away a few layers which is exactly what it did! RETURN if possible?? DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM UNLESS YOU WANT TO SPEND ALL DAY SCRAPING AWAY LAYER AFTER LAYER OF YOUR PUMPKIN! Do yourself a favor and spend the $3.99 on a "CARVING KIT!". Item SUCKS!!!