Dremel Stylus Review

Dremel stylus is the inventor of the famous high speed rotary tool system which can be used for a great number of projects and tasks where precision is required. The Dremel Stylus is a new addition to the Dremel stylus range and is the smallest and lightest for the most detailed of tasks or projects. It comes with a handy docking station for charging and storage of the tool and accessories. The Lithium Ion powered battery ensures that the dremel stylus is always ready to use.

The Stylus accepts the same types of attachments that Dremel aficionados have come to expect, with just a few exceptions. The Stylus cannot mount to a router-stand, nor can it attach the Flex Shaft, which is a flexible extension used for tight areas. However, the design of the Stylus is so versatile, those additions are not really needed. To cut with the Stylus, you simply add one of the cutting attachments and go to work.

Dremel Stylus Specification

Battery Lithium-Ion Battery
Speed Variable Speed 5,000-25,000 RPM
Voltage 7.2V
Warranty 2 years
Weight (lbs.) 9 oz. / 0.295 kg

The Dremel Stylus is a unique tool for people who are passionate about hands-on projects. This ergonomic tool is perfect for applications around the home such as finishing, intricate sanding, polishing, cleaning, engraving and much more.

A Dremel (or any high speed rotary tool) can be the most useful tool in your customizing toolbox and often times a necessity to do certain jobs like hollowing out sockets and carving plastic. Many of you already own a corded Dremel or the cordless Mini-Mite that I use to use. Let me get this out of the way first, the Dremel Stylus is not a groundbreaking end-all Dremel tool that everyone has to own. If you have a Dremel of any sort, they all work pretty decently for customizing. The Dremel Stylus is simply an advancement of the standard rotary tool that was designed more towards precision than brute force.

The dremel stylus is a great tool, with a good feel and a lot of  power for such a small tool perfect for small objects. But the dremel stylus comes with the original accessories which only have sanding, polishing or engraving pieces. If you want more variety or cutting you would have to buy more accessories online, This make it a good emery tool without a cutting or drill pieces.  Its certainly worth while buying the extra tools.

Once you have a dremel stylus its very useful to buy the extra addons. You can purchase an extra box which contain a great selection of accessories which was perfect for my needs. Buyers need to be aware though that the accessories aren’t all different – there are about 20 polishing pads of 2 sizes, and about 25 sanding drums of 2 sizes and different grades and 36 cut-off wheels type 409, and half a dozen grinding wheels. In addition, there are 20 other pieces (grinders, spindles, drills and disks). Altogether they represend excellent value and I’ve use it many times since I bought it.

The Dremel Stylus 7.2V Li-Ion cordless tool offers maximum maneouverability, allowing the user to maintain precision. Li-ion batteries can be charged at any time, have no self-discharge and weigh up to 30% less than conventional NiCd cells. Most importantly, Li-ion technology allows this cordless tool to perform like a corded tool. Speed controllable from 5,000 to 25,000 RPM.

In addition to the tool, the kit contains a charging station and 25 high quality original Dremel accessories:

•1 x 191 – Engraver
•1 x 952 – 9.5mm grinding stone
•1 x 414 – 13mm felt polishing wheel
•1 x 421 – Polishing compound
•1 x 429 – Felt wheel
•5 x 409 – 24mm emery cut off wheel
•1 x 407 – 60 grit sanding band
•2 x 408 – 60 grit sanding band
•9 x 413 – 19mm 180 grit sanding disc
•1 x 432 – 120 grit sanding band
•1 x 401 – Mandrel
•1 x 402 – Mandrel
My friends review on Dremel Stylus Variants

I won my first Dremel Stylus tool in a model contest (the things were too expensive for an undergraduate student in those days) in, if I remember right, 1972 or 1973. It was a basic, single-speed model with a sleeve bearing, and when I fondled it in the box I thought I’d attained Nirvanah. Then I tried it out on the ship model I was working on, and discovered that the tool was almost useless – and, in fact, downright dangerous. So I scraped up the money to go down to the hobby shop and buy a “Tabletop Speed Controller.” What a difference! This thing consisted of a little metal box with an electrical outlet on one side and a knob on the front. Plug the Moto-Tool into the outlet, plug the outlet into the wall, and adjust the speed with the knob. When the knob was turned all the way to the left, the tool stopped. I could turn the tool on, put the tip of the bit exactly where I wanted it with the bit sitting still, then gradually ramp up the speed until the motor was running exactly as fast as I wanted. Great. I eventually bought two of those “Tabletop Speed Controllers” – one for the Moto-Tool and one for my old Unimat lathe/drill press. They also worked for various other jobs in the shop: controlling the heat of a soldering iron, for instance, or even varying the size of the picture on a small black-and-white TV set. (Don’t ask how I found that out.) I still have both of them; they still work perfectly. (The original, 1973 Moto-Tool worked fine – with one brush replacement – for at least twenty years, until the shaft-lock mechanism wore out. I suspect the slow speeds at which I ran it contributed to its longevity.)

Unfortunately Dremel Stylus discontinued the ” Dremel Stylus Tabletop Speed Controller” quite a few years ago. (The company also used to make a foot-operated version, but it seems to be gone now too.) Other companies do, however, make speed controls that I suspect would work (though I haven’t tried any of them).

But Moto-Tools with built-in speed controls don’t seem to get along well with accessory speed controls. Plug a modern, variable-speed Dremel into a speed controller and turn the speed controller’s knob down to zero; the motor will stop all right, but as you turn the knob to the right, the motor will start jerking and sputtering, rather than smoothly ramping up to the speed you want.