Well, I have been dragging my feet for a while now, but I think that it is time to buy a dremel tool. I'm always tempted to go over to harbor freight and get  tools, but I get nervous because their tools are so cheap.

Does anyone have any experience with this Harbor Freight Dremel knock-off?

The other thing  that I am looking at is this Dremel kit at Sears but it is $50 more (I know that Home Depot is $.02 cheaper, but thats beside the point)

Any thoughts or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

If I were you I'd get the actual dremel.


check wal-mart.




My experiance with harbor frieght ELECTRICAL tools have been not that great



on the otherhand they have awesome deals on OILED compressors

so i got the newest model dremel. the xrp400 or soemthing..  i paid 79 bucks for the middle of the road package with like 40 bits (i think lol).  i havent touched it since.  except when trying to cut a bottle which went horribly wrong.  i used dremel tools everyday when i worked for a cell phone refurbishing factory.  my favorite thing about the dremel is the extention thing so u dont have to hold the actual unit.  its pretty neat.  someone give me some reasons to use my new tool!  for the GS of course..

I use mine all the time... from polishing watches to cutting/modding plastic things to computer cases...

I picked up my dremel from Home Depot and spent like $49 with hardcase and some bits and wheels and other stuff. I don't use it as much as I thought I would but it is like any tool I own. It's better to have it and not need it or not have it and need it. Kinda like a condom.....

Ditto...I custom fabricate things for a living and really the only time I use a dremel is to turn a stripped phillips head screw into a flat head with the cutoff wheel.   :dunno:

In other words, if you are going into the soap stone polishing business, buy a dremel...if you're only going to be using it here and there, buy the HF model.  BTW I bought some of their diamond dremel tools and they worked great.  Also, on all alot of their electric tools they give you the option to pay $10 for a product exchange if it fails within 2 years...and if it fails within 2 years after that they just exchange it...not a bad deal...really cheap insurance

...but then again, my sister pays $30 dollars a year for full coverage against loss, theft, or breakage on her brand new Apple lap top...now that's good insurance...

Don't go cheap. Ryobi makes a POS. They use bushings instead of bearings. HF probably uses bushings as well. I have had my Dremel for over 10 years and still runs fine. Variable speed is a must.