I have two Dremel tools. One is a couple decades old and has "solid
state speed control." The other is fairly new.

My old Dremel had much more constant speed under load, at any setting
of the speed control. The newer one, if you set it at a low speed, it
just stops when you apply the tool to the workpiece. I have confirmed
this with more than one Dremel of the same model. To control the speed
now requires a combination of setting the tool and then carefully
maintaining constant cutter force.

Any guesses about what's different? The motor, or the electronics?
It's as if Dremel lost a good design, and replaced it with something
that doesn't work quite as well.

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<0812a0ea-d55c-4dc6-b78a-6be4fb531a99@v4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
Bearded Occam <BeardedOccam@gmail.com> writes
>Any guesses about what's different? The motor, or the electronics?
>It's as if Dremel lost a good design, and replaced it with something
>that doesn't work quite as well.
I don't know specifically what they changed but my guess is that given
the price of the new Dremels (less than I paid for my first second hand
one) it's all different and *much* lower quality.

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Bearded Occam wrote:

> I have two Dremel tools. One is a couple decades old and has "solid
> state speed control." The other is fairly new.
>
> My old Dremel had much more constant speed under load, at any setting
> of the speed control. The newer one, if you set it at a low speed, it
> just stops when you apply the tool to the workpiece. I have confirmed
> this with more than one Dremel of the same model. To control the speed
> now requires a combination of setting the tool and then carefully
> maintaining constant cutter force.
>
> Any guesses about what's different? The motor, or the electronics?
> It's as if Dremel lost a good design, and replaced it with something
> that doesn't work quite as well.
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