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Dremel? What is it?

iHaunt wrote:Dremel? What is it?

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Thank you, Spooky! I've never used this kind of tool before.

I've never tried the kit, but I did try using the router on my Dremel on a pumpkin one year. I got pumpkin bits all over me, and the lines didn't even come out straight. Then I tried my Black and Decker jigsaw, and it worked way better.

MacPhantom wrote:I've never tried the kit, but I did try using the router on my Dremel on a pumpkin one year. I got pumpkin bits all over me, and the lines didn't even come out straight. Then I tried my Black and Decker jigsaw, and it worked way better.

My grandpa did the same thing to use jigsaw on pumpkins.

I have a pumpkin carving dremel. I've used it once... maybe 3-4 years ago? I was not impressed. It's GREAT for detail carving, but it's so terribly messy.

One tip I had read for keeping the tool clean (less scrubbing) was to put it in a sandwich baggie-- poke the part that spins out of the bag, of course. That worked well to keep the tool clean, but it is still a big mess-- it flings pumpkin bits everywhere.

If you want to do detail work, I'd say it works well. I wouldn't use it for the main carving portions.

I used my dremel to do the detail work on this pumpkin:

iHaunt wrote:Thank you, Spooky! I've never used this kind of tool before.

Yes, the interwebs can be quite perplexing.

Well, I only use long kitchen knife and a very few jigsaw knives for carving pumpkins.

jadewik wrote:I have a pumpkin carving dremel. I've used it once... maybe 3-4 years ago? I was not impressed. It's GREAT for detail carving, but it's so terribly messy.

One tip I had read for keeping the tool clean (less scrubbing) was to put it in a sandwich baggie-- poke the part that spins out of the bag, of course. That worked well to keep the tool clean, but it is still a big mess-- it flings pumpkin bits everywhere.

If you want to do detail work, I'd say it works well. I wouldn't use it for the main carving portions.

I used my dremel to do the detail work on this pumpkin:

I will possibly buy one then. If I don't i'll just buy extra jigsaw knives. We only have one at the moment & it's a little worn now.

Thanks.

Some people have good creative how to carve the pumpkins, well.... not me! I like old fashioned way! My girlfriend do loves to carve the pumpkins all the time, sometimes I do.

iHaunt wrote:Some people have good creative how to carve the pumpkins, well.... not me! I like old fashioned way! My girlfriend do loves to carve the pumpkins all the time, sometimes I do.

My wife & I share it out. Last year I did two & she did three. She can do the more intricate ones though.

This is a dremel... I have one photo of it in a sammich baggie and another of it out of the bag. I got this dremel tool... 2007 at Lowe's for $20, I believe.