Battery pack opening method with Dremel rotary tool.

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Thanks for the tip Tuomas. I never would have guessed they had a special cutting wheel for plastic. I had used a Dremel a lot in hi school for model airplanes. It was useful but always though it was kind of puny. Granted mine is ancient, I mean antique.

Just as I was starting to need to be able to do some detail work on metal I got the old Dremel back from my dad. But I'd never heard of a Foredom until a Marv thread. I started searching eBay and trying to understand all the different models. The bottom line seemed to be amperage so I added that to my search. I ended up finding a 1.7a older S model in really clean shape with a 30 hand piece. I've been using it the last couple of days and wow is this thing a hoss! Can't lug it down.

So now it's all about the accessories. I've got an angle head coming with 2" flap disks and a 44H handpiece so I can run 1/4" bits and arbors. I wish I would have known about these years ago. The only thing I don't see for it is a depth stop like what you are using Tuomas to help guide your cut. But I'm planning on making an adapter for the Foredom to go in my die grinder mount so I guess that would do the same thing.

interesting about using gasoline to dissolve the glue on battery pack grtz, I'll have to try that. Any good tips about where you buy your batteries anybody?