Dremel for use on guns?

[Guest peacexxl]

Wifey has been good to me again (I'm starting to think she likes me or something). Got home a couple days ago and found that she'd ordered me a Dremel 4000 and an accessory kit from Amazon.com.

Does anyone use this tool to work on guns? Detail cleaning or just regular basis cleaning, polishing parts, anything like that or do you think it might be to powerful to risk on some delicate parts?

[Guest 70below]

You have to be EXTREMELY careful, but you can use them. Use low speed (which really is too fast most of the time) and use accessories that aren't too aggressive.

[Guest jackdm3]

My father did that to his PPK to grind off the sharp edges and take the grooves off the trigger. It's a stainless model. Despite his eye for detail, you see swirlies all over it.

[Guest Traumaslave]

They work great for getting that long list of numbers off. Done it to all of mine.

[Guest jackdm3]

What did you do about re-blueing? Re-blacking?

[I_Like_Pie]

I use mine with felt to polish only...ramps, burrs and so on where a regular buffer would not fit.

Flitz + felt wheel + dremel is the best tool made for this.

Since the mantra is "easy to take off but hard to put back" applies with guns also...I wouldn't use it for anything else. They just spin way too fast. If you don't use good goggles you will (not might - will) sustain an eye injury sooner or later.

[Guest Fenris]

I used it on a .357 Colt King Cobra that had been through a fire. There were already some dings and I was just trying to polish. I would strongly suggest the variable speed foot pedal they make as an attachment so you can control the speed like a sewing machine.

Use polishing cloths/brushes only.

I wouldn't use it on a gun that still had a great finish.

[enfield]

I just had a brainstorm (thanks to a little fertilization from the last few posts). I have some brand-new FAL mags that won't feed reliably, which I think is due to burrs on the lips. I was using a round file to de-burr the mags, but a Dremel should be a lot faster and easier.

[Luckyforward]

I use mine with felt to polish only...ramps, burrs and so on where a regular buffer would not fit.

Flitz + felt wheel + dremel is the best tool made for this.

Since the mantra is "easy to take off but hard to put back" applies with guns also...I wouldn't use it for anything else. They just spin way too fast. If you don't use good goggles you will (not might - will) sustain an eye injury sooner or later.

+1

[TGO David]

They work great for getting that long list of numbers off. Done it to all of mine.

Go ahead and send me your contact information so I can give it to the ATF agents when they ask.

[nightrunner]

Go ahead and send me your contact information so I can give it to the ATF agents when they ask.

[Smith]

I've used a Dremmel on Saiga conversions and polishing feed ramps on Hi-Powers, but I wouldn't use them for routing cleaning.

Kinda like using a flame thrower to start a camp fire. It's really cool until you realize not only did you start the camp fire but also burned down half the forest.

[kwe45919]

Only trained professionals should use Dremel products on firearms.

Took me many years and firearms to perfect my tallents......

[Paletiger13]

used a dremel on my SL8/G36k conversion. Slow and steady. Play around with the dremel a bit at first. Cut on some uses pointless stuff lying around before you try it in firearms. USE EYEWEAR!!! Lol seriously "you'll put your eye out"

[strickj]

My father did that to his PPK to grind off the sharp edges and take the grooves off the trigger. It's a stainless model. Despite his eye for detail, you see swirlies all over it.

Use some jewelers rouge to remedy that, preferably with a buffer.... but a Dremel would work too, I guess

[PackinMama]

Go ahead and send me your contact information so I can give it to the ATF agents when they ask.

Shouldn't be too hard to find.....he does have an 01 FFL.....for now anyway.

Maybe he should have taken his own advice in his sig line (Silence is Golden.)

[PackinMama]

I recently got a dremel and one of the polishing kits. I was thinking of using the polishing compound that comes with the kit and a felt wheel to polish the feed ramp on my EMP (it doesn't feed certain hollow points very well). Should I scrap this idea?

Also, I've looked at Walmart, Lowes, & Home Depot and when I ask for "Flitz" I just get a strange look and no one seems to have ever heard of it. Where can I get this stuff? (Besides the internet)

[enfield]

Ace Hardware, but call first.

I believe the Ace at the Co-op on Lee Hwy just south of Loudon carries it.

[I_Like_Pie]

Some outomotive shops have it also...use it for wheel polish and so on.

[DaveTN]

Should I scrap this idea?

Yes.

If the feed ramp is the problem, it is because of the finish or the shape. I doubt your EMP has a rough finish, does it? If it does I would use Happich Simichrome on a gun patch using your finger to polish. You should be able to find it at a local motorcycle shop; our Harley dealer carries it.

If it won’t feed one type on ammo very well it is probably shape; either don’t use that ammo or send it back to the factory for rework.

Dremel tools spin fast and will remove material even with polishing compound. Not something you want on a feed ramp.

[PackinMama]

Yes.

If the feed ramp is the problem, it is because of the finish or the shape. I doubt your EMP has a rough finish, does it? If it does I would use Happich Simichrome on a gun patch using your finger to polish. You should be able to find it at a local motorcycle shop; our Harley dealer carries it.

If it won’t feed one type on ammo very well it is probably shape; either don’t use that ammo or send it back to the factory for rework.

Dremel tools spin fast and will remove material even with polishing compound. Not something you want on a feed ramp.

Hmmm. So I shouldn't even use Flitz and polish it by hand?

I can go to Colbach Harley Davidson in Morristown and look for the stuff you mentioned next week. Thanks for the tips!

[DaveTN]

Hmmm. So I shouldn't even use Flitz and polish it by hand?

Sure, that’s fine. But I wouldn’t use the Dremel.

[Guest jackdm3]

Definately DON'T DRINK AND DREMEL!

[gunner]

I recently got a dremel and one of the polishing kits. I was thinking of using the polishing compound that comes with the kit

(Besides the internet)

you can use it but it wont do much...that is jewelers rouge.....extremely fine stuff...get stainless steel polish,its white and works excellent for polishing feed ramps