Comments on: Finds: Dremel’s EZ-Lock http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:12:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Hank http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-2223 Hank Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:57:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-2223 Check out jewelry-making/rock & gem working shops/catalogs. There is a snap-on/off type of mandrel for SANDING discs available that has saved me much frustration. I was given my first ones by a dental casting tech I knew. She thought they might help me-was she ever right! There are also a variety of impregnated rubber cutting/polishing wheels to be found in the same place. Check out jewelry-making/rock & gem working shops/catalogs.
There is a snap-on/off type of mandrel for SANDING discs available that has saved me much frustration. I was given my first ones by a dental casting tech I knew. She thought they might help me-was she ever right! There are also a variety of impregnated rubber cutting/polishing wheels to be found in the same place.

]]> By: CyberKender http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-2070 CyberKender Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:47:47 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-2070 Damn! I can tell this place is evil already. I just discover ToolMonger, and the very first thing is this sweet little improvement for my Dremel. At least I I'm a bit low on cut-off wheels, so I won't feel like wasting too many. There goes any extra cash I had. Damn! I can tell this place is evil already. I just discover ToolMonger, and the very first thing is this sweet little improvement for my Dremel. At least I I’m a bit low on cut-off wheels, so I won’t feel like wasting too many.
There goes any extra cash I had.

]]> By: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Toolmonger’s Top 5: The Week in Tools http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1714 Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Toolmonger’s Top 5: The Week in Tools Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:19:56 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1714 [...] Finds: Dremel’s EZ-Lock Dremel’s really been on the move lately, bringing some great new products to market.  This one’s one of our favorites: No more screwing cutting wheels down to the old mandrel (after trying to find the little screwdriver and such).  With these new mandrels and wheels you simply push and twist.  [...] [...] Finds: Dremel’s EZ-Lock Dremel’s really been on the move lately, bringing some great new products to market.  This one’s one of our favorites: No more screwing cutting wheels down to the old mandrel (after trying to find the little screwdriver and such).  With these new mandrels and wheels you simply push and twist.  [...]

]]> By: Ivan http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1669 Ivan Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:05:10 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1669 That's all good and well but now I first have to pitch my existing ones. Maybe I just need to find a bigger project to get them all done. On the other hand hopeful they take this direction for some of the other bits too. That’s all good and well but now I first have to pitch my existing ones. Maybe I just need to find a bigger project to get them all done.
On the other hand hopeful they take this direction for some of the other bits too.

]]> By: Fletcher http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1621 Fletcher Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:31:56 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1621 Chuck, I've been fortunate so far not to have an angle grinder wheel blow on me yet. I'm sure my time's coming, so I make a conscious effort to stay on the guard side ;-) Chuck,
I’ve been fortunate so far not to have an angle grinder wheel blow on me yet. I’m sure my time’s coming, so I make a conscious effort to stay on the guard side ;-)

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1618 Myself Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:49:23 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1618 The old system wouldn't be so bad if the screwdriver were philips, torx, or anything other than straightblade. But watching it slip out of the slot and crash through the middle of a disc was just infuriating. I ended up gently smashing my mandrel screw in a vise to create some tiny ridges at the end that reduced the tendency for slip-out, but it still happens more than I'd like. The old system wouldn’t be so bad if the screwdriver were philips, torx, or anything other than straightblade. But watching it slip out of the slot and crash through the middle of a disc was just infuriating. I ended up gently smashing my mandrel screw in a vise to create some tiny ridges at the end that reduced the tendency for slip-out, but it still happens more than I’d like.

]]> By: Sean O'Hara http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1610 Sean O'Hara Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:34:04 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1610 I'll say this... anything is better than the old system of getting those wheels on. This looks like it might hold something and be easy to work with. I’ll say this… anything is better than the old system of getting those wheels on. This looks like it might hold something and be easy to work with.

]]> By: Rob http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1609 Rob Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:26:26 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1609 That looks pretty neat. Too bad you can't use them with the regular wheels. That looks pretty neat. Too bad you can’t use them with the regular wheels.

]]> By: Chuck Cage http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1607 Chuck Cage Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:11:47 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1607 Fletcher: You should see the 4-1/2"-ers go when you're cutting expanded metal with your angle grinder... Fletcher:

You should see the 4-1/2″-ers go when you’re cutting expanded metal with your angle grinder…

]]> By: PeterP http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1606 PeterP Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:03:29 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1606 *sigh* Another pilgrimage to Home Depot is in order. That looks really slick! *sigh*

Another pilgrimage to Home Depot is in order. That looks really slick!

]]> By: Fletcher http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1605 Fletcher Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:57:21 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/03/finds-dremels-ez-lock/#comment-1605 It's about time. On some projects, I can watch that little cannister of cut-off wheels disappear faster than Pringles. It’s about time. On some projects, I can watch that little cannister of cut-off wheels disappear faster than Pringles.

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