Turn Your Dremel Into A Tiny Planer
By Chuck Cage
Dremel’s XPR planer attachement screws on to the end of your standard Dremel rotary tool, converting it into a tiny planer, perfect for taking a little material off a sticky door or fixing a not-perfect cut in laminate.
It’s hard to see from the picture, but the cutting width is 2-1/4″ and there’s a cast-in 90-degree and 45-degree edge guide to help keep you cutting straight. Since the Dremel spins at speeds up to 35,000 RPM, I’d imagine this does a pretty good job of removing material.
I know Dremel has offered this product for years, but for some reason I didn’t come across it until today. I think I’m going to pick one up — I’ve found myself in situations where this could help numerous times. And at a street price of under $20, there’s nothing stopping me.
The PL400 XPR Planer Attachment [Dremel]
Street Pricing [Google Products]
Via Amazon
May 24th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
I believe that this only works with the XPR line of Dremel tools–that is how the item is listed on Dremel. I bought one at one point and decided to return it without opening because it did not seem to be compatible with my traditional Dremel.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Could someone with an XPR comment on the usefulness of this tool? I’m going to buy a Dremel either tonight or tomorrow and noticed one of the two XPR kits available includes this attachment. Thanks!
May 24th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Some people say that the old style attachments (router table or press) are not comaptible with it, but I can neither confirm or deny that.
Anyways, I like my XPR over my older 300 series dremel. Why? The speed control is independent of the on/off switch. Other than that, it’s neither easier nor harder to control.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:43 am
I just got the 400 xpr set that has this at around $99 at my home depot. The side view of the attachment is an “L” with a rounded bump at the top of the “L.” The lip and bump make it impossible to plane down the middle of anything or anything wider than 2 3/16″ .
While the tool is pretty good for planing door edges it still will never fully replace my dewalt planer.