How To Use Your Dremel 3000
This Dremel 3000 is an essential piece of kit for a hobbyist and great for use on all your jewellery making projects, crafts and jobs around the house as well as for these more specific jobs:
- Drilling through glass such as Sea Glass, fused glass, and glass around the home ( de-misting glazed windows)
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Glass Engraving using the drilling technique
- Drilling, carving and grinding through stones, beach pebbles, rocks and gemstones.
- Drilling through ceramic tiles, porcelain and vintage china to make cake stands
- Drilling through pottery for plant hangers and bird tables
- Cutting and drilling through glass bottles with the help of a diamond slitting disc and diamond core drill
- Polishing all materials such as metals, glass, stone, ceramic
- Smoothing, sanding and grinding all materials such as metals, glass, stone, ceramic, shell, enamel, composites, wood
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Carving gemstones, beach pebbles, glass, stone, wood, ceramic...
- Grinding all materials such as sharp bits of pottery glaze, cabochons, ceramics
- Sanding for hobby-related jobs
- Cutting and drilling through all materials
- Etch and engrave letters into stone and shell for decorative gifts and jewellery
- DIY jobs around the home such as sanding, cutting and drilling, routing
- Wood carving, bone carving, shell carving, gourd carving
- Model making
If you are looking to use the Dremel 3000 with our small diamond drill bits or small diamond core drills then you will also need either one of these to hold the very tiny shanks:
The Dremel Multi Chuck is by far the easier of the two to use as you don't have to keep changing collets, but the Collet Nut Kit is preferable for some people who find they use only one size of drill bit (1mm for example). Luckily, we supply both! Both the chuck and collets fit easily into a Dremel Drill and will allow very tiny drill bits with small shank sizes such as 0.75mm upwards to be used.
Additional Features of the Dremel 3000
The cord is 2 metres in length with a British 3-pin plug. Because of the length of the cord, it stays out of the way as you work and unlike cordless drills, won't run out of batteries! Other features to look out for are:
- Low noise
- 130 watts motor, 240 volts
- Minimal Vibration
- Pencil Grip tool hold for tasks such as engraving and etching
- Hanger Bail
- Lightweight
To see a full review video of the Dremel 3000 please go to our YouTube channel and
watch it here, alternatively, read our blog article 'Complete Guide to Your Dremel 3000'.
