From: Thomas Barclay <Thomas.Barclay@s...>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 03:17:30 -0400
Subject: Moderately bad Dremel advice
Roger, Your advice is a not so hot bit re: sewing machine pedals. I have a 295 with the Dremel pedal, which was a pain to locate but it gives me 0-30K rpm control. Most modern dremels are graduated from 5K-28 or 35K rpm. The lack of low end speed is a pain. BUT if you have one of the new Dremels, they have a microprocessor controlled feedback system which will BURN OUT the guts if you try to run it with a rheostat (sewing machine pedal or even the dremel pedal) on the input apparently. They say this is "a Very Bad Thing (TM)". So, just as a warning before anyone tries that, make damn sure you know what you're up to and which Dremel model you have. I'm happy with my 295 (just got the drill press!) and the pedal is awesome. I just need it to last forever now....:) And I just want to add my condolences to everyone in Germany after that horrifying carnage. Pretty far beyond explicable, but sadly all too true. Even more revolting is that the politicos and interest groups are already circling like the vultures they are...:( (Anyone who happens to not know what is being referred to should visit this link http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2002/0506/cover/timeline.html which also points out a number of equally horrid events elsewhere over the past few years.... sadly reality mirrors the Tuffleyverse with no country immune...) Tomb.