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I bought this tool for my father to attach to his dremel tool to help us fix one of our door frames. We had to cut out a 6 inch section of the frame and replace it. This dremel circular saw tool did the job exactly as we'd hoped.
This unit is well built. Actually too well built. was more than what i needed. They definitely had safety in mind when they built it.
It's like a toy saw, the construction quality of the housing is good and sometimes it does work quite well. But the tooth of the saw itself went curved with 2 hours of use, and the dremel tool doesn't have enough torque to work except on the easiest surfaces, maybe balsa or very thin wood. A big deception.
this tool is almost too small. i have found very few uses where a simple cut-off wheel would not do just as well. the accessory does a fine job when you do find the right situation, however.
It's a detail saw with a dream-kerf of about a millimeter. Instead what I did was attach it into one Dremel and use my other one, with a diamond cut-off wheel inserted, and lop the whole front of that silly cage off. But I can't recommend it without a few comments.First: that safety housing around it is so bulky that you cannot really see where the blade is going to go, exactly. When I finally realized I should have changed it a while ago, I found that the screw holding it in had fused to the blade and I couldn't get it off.
When I first bought it I tried it for a few cuts then put it aside to return. I use my mini-rip saw all the time; it's absolutely essential to my art work. Make SURE you wear goggles, now, dust and bits are going to fly.Second: I don't know the solution to this second problem. Ultimately I decided I had gotten far more than my money's worth out of the tool anyway, and bought a new one. If you do this, be mindful of where it is sealed to keep in the lubricating oil, and leave the back face of the safety on to help you keep the blade straight up and down.
I used my mini-saw so much, for so long, cutting through tempered hard-board that the blade got quite overheated and warped. I still use it every day. This is fine if you're cutting something roughly, and you don't care within an 1/8 of an inch where the blade touches your work, but otherwise it's maddening. The spindle-lock for the tool gave out before the screw moved, and I ended up bending the shaft of the saw trying. Once you do this little surgery, of course, you're out of warrantee, but then, WOW.
this little guy is super handy. I would have returned it to Dremel, but since I had cut off the safety as I described, there was no chance. I guess I'm just going to have to be careful to change the blade sooner this time.
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