Killed my Dremel


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RBailey
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Hi All,

I guess I work my little dremel hard but it just died the other day Sad
I have often wondered if the dust from working composites is bad for them and if it the cause of death in this case ?

(I wonder if I should get a new model with flexible drive to keep the motor more out of the dust ?)

Am I right, any comments, suggestions etc ?

Cheers,
Richard B.
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Daz, as you said, it was new and full of dust and that killed it.

Carbon dust is highly conductive, you don't want that in and around your electronics. Most likely it shorted it out. You could clean it all up and try if it works, but unlikely.

Getting the flexible shaft is a good idea, got that and the dremmel is further away from the workpiece. Also I always work with some form of extraction to suck up the dust as it is created.

gd luck
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