Multi Rotary Tool - Advice please....

[VW BUSH]

Dremmel all day over a wilkos special, dont waste your money

I have a pneumatic pencil grinder and a compressor which has awesome torque
"Dremmeling" just takes longer and works the motor harder, cheap ones die easy if really put to task

[Khare]

I bought this a few months ago to port my throttle body (with these cutters) and it's held up well, powerful, easy to use and comes with a fair few accessories to get you going.

[jamie_pyrite]

I have the Skil 1415 rotary tool and it's fantastic. It's got great reviews on the internet, when compared to a Dremel and I've never found it struggles at all. I've even used it to cut an exhaust up which worked great. Went through it like butter!

[Agreeable Slick]

http://www.cromwell.co.uk/OSA2798510K

Job done.

[AudiA8Quattro]

I bought one of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silverline-249765-Hobby-Tool-135W-135W-/140709939118?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item20c2f747ae

Great tool, very cheap as well.

[shepgti]

http://www.cromwell.co.uk/OSA2798510K

Job done.

looks good for 35 quid!

[VW BUSH]

For porting:

These (larger sizes available)
http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/details.php?cat=Burr%20Kits&product=30621

Followed by something like this (mine are better but cant find kit on the net)

http://www.frost.co.uk/automotive-engine-and-mechanical-tools/porting-kit.html

Then a good buff with some mops and rouge

Finish is everything

Mounted points clog and HSS Burrs blunt and burn out, to run carbide you need a good strong spindle with low run out.
If you want to get anal, this is what you should be checking for when buying kit like this although this does reflect in the price.

For anything rough like air boxes you can get away with something cheap and the in box tools

http://www.cromwell.co.uk/OSA2798510K

Job done.

looks good for 35 quid!

Not a bad bit of kit, we got one at work somewhere

[Lankylad78]

Thanks for all the advice guys. I think I may go "shopping" tomorrow and have a mooch about.

Just seen this though http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/power-tools/hobby-&-multi-tools/Ryobi-150W-Rotary-Tool-12127641. Seems pretty good for the price.

VW BUSH, I wont be doing anything like porting. My mechanical skills really don't stretch that far. My tool box consists of:

This for making things go:


This for making things stop:


And when all else fails................

[VW BUSH]

No probs, right tools for the right job and all that

[danny_p]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Air-Micro-Mini-Pencil-Grinder-Kit-Hobby-DIY-Tool-Air-compressor-Model-/390396887910?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5ae577c366

i get on quite well with these.

find electric ones are to bulky to get where i want to get with them.  tho the cheep ones can be viewed as a consumable tool   i tend to kill the bearings but there again doing heads put a lot of side load on them  that proably woun't be a problem but i prefer  pencil grinder over 1/4 grinder   due to easyer accses  and running them at 140 PSI its actuay faster at removeing metal