Moderately bad Dremel advice

Roger, 

Your advice is a not so hot bit re: sewing 
machine pedals. I have a 295 with the Dremel 
pedal, which was a pain to locate but it gives 
me 0-30K rpm control. Most modern dremels 
are graduated from 5K-28 or 35K rpm. The 
lack of low end speed is a pain. BUT if you have 
one of the new Dremels, they have a 
microprocessor controlled feedback system 
which will BURN OUT the guts if you try to run it 
with a rheostat (sewing machine pedal or even 
the dremel pedal) on the input apparently. They 
say this is "a Very Bad Thing (TM)". So, just as a 
warning before anyone tries that, make damn 
sure you know what you're up to and which 
Dremel model you have. 

I'm happy with my 295 (just got the drill press!) 
and the pedal is awesome. I just need it to last 
forever now.... :) 

And I just want to add my condolences to 
everyone in Germany after that horrifying 
carnage. Pretty far beyond explicable, but sadly 
all too true. Even more revolting is that the 
politicos and interest groups are already 
circling like the vultures they are... :( 

(Anyone who happens to not know what is 
being referred to should visit this link 

http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2002/0506/cover/timeline.html

which also points out a number of equally 
horrid events elsewhere over the past few 
years.... sadly reality mirrors the Tuffleyverse 
with no country immune...)

Tomb. 

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Thomas Barclay
Co-Creator of http://www.stargrunt.ca 
Stargrunt II and Dirtside II game site

No Battle Plan Survives Contact With Dice.
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