> I have tried to use heated pen-knife to

> > rework/mod-work on some plastics
> > part.
> >
> > Though this method can be fast but the finishing is
> > bad.  Additional
> > finishing is needed as the cut-surface is rough.  My
> > process is a simple
> > flame-heated knife (to shape or cut) or pipe (to
> > reduce diameter).  Any
> > tips? or advise? or comments?
> >
> > To polish up, some cutting and shapings, I am
> > thinking to load up some
> > Dremel accessories, but the information on using
> > Dremel to work on plastics
> > is very lacking.  Now I wonder is Dremel the wrong
> > choice?  If it is not so,
> > what are must-have accessories to help shorten the
> > purchasing process as
> > well as to save some dollars and iterations.
> >
>

On 8/16/07, John Chung <kravnus@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have a Dremel and use it quite frequently. What kind
> of rework do you want to do with plastic?


Specifically, for now:
1. to cut a small plastics tube to shear off a section.   Pipe conduit
cutter does not work as the plastics piece is too small and too hard.

2. to reduce the diameter may be by chamferring the outer edges and surface

3. to remove the embossed labels on a flat surface

Ling SM
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