[Shop-talk] Dead Dremel -- suggestions?

[Doug Braun]

I was recently using my 5-year-old Dremel to cut a
home in a bathroom tile on the ceiling.  Unfortunately
this caused toe tile dust to pour down into the tool,
seizing up the front bearing.

The bearing could not be replaced by itself, but I
was able to order a complete new armature with
bearings for something like $25 plus S&H.  The new
bearings were a fully-sealed type, so hopefully this
sort of problem will not happen again.

Doug

--- Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists at trebelhorn.com> wrote:

> Any suggestions on repairing a year-old dremel that
> suddently started  
> billowing smoke and died?