my first time using a dremel xD

[JC531]

hey guys well i just got a dremel today and decided to test it. i tryed cutting it like i saw loboplayero do it except more safer? lol idk but yea. i didnt know where else to post so i came here. in the picture you can see i cut out the middle circle. the only part i sanded was the door not the circle.(thats y it looks  up. the reason for the messups was cuz my mom kept bugging me. anyways lesson learned lock the door and put some earbuds on. anyways again this was my first time dremeling. the umd door was a spare part i had laying around. other than that im happy how well the dremel sanded and cut out the pieces. and other than the  up parts everything came out well so yea any tips ON dremeling these things will be appreciated. and yea i kno it came out  up xD. l8r guys

[nEoVaLoR]

WHAT happened !?!?!?!?! D: D: D: D: D:

r.i.p. umd door.....

seriously how did you manage to do that? I'm guessing you went out a little too far and then tried to even it out or something.. What head did you use?? 

[crazy-modder]

o wow, i feel sry for that psp lol....were you 

[JC531]

Omg *facepalm* did u guys READ this was a broken umd door I had. So I tryed pratice dremeling on it xD

[nEoVaLoR]

Omg (facealm) did u guys READ this was a broken umd door I had. So I tryed pratice dremeling on it xD

I read perfectly well.

And it's facepalm, not facealm *facepalm*

There is no way that door was "broken" like that. You totally effed it up.

like crazy said you must have been drinking, or smoking some strong dope

[FOOKz™]

You have to hold the dremel firm and make small cuts into the plastic at a time.

This works:
1. find the area to cut
2. roughly and slowly cut with a dremel
3. knock the large piece of plastic out
4. start sanding with large grit paper
5. piece should start looking good after a few hours of sanding move to small grit paper.

after that you should be ok.

[Sammy]

it looks like you tryed to cut it out with a spoon

[arjohn]

just take it easy when using dremel.. just 1 wrong move you will ruin everything...

[crazy-modder]

LMAO sammy..... im just picturing him digging at it with a spoon haha thats hilarious. I bet famas cuts stuff with a spoon.

[nEoVaLoR]

LMAO sammy..... im just picturing him digging at it with a spoon haha thats hilarious. I bet famas cuts stuff with a spoon.

i bet techninja cuts stuff with the wrong end of the spoon.

[hyper999]

i bet techninja cuts stuff with the wrong end of the spoon.

is there a wrong end of a spoon for cutting umd doors? lol

[JC531]

Lol hahahahaha u guys r funny xD. Yea I mispelled facepalm. And thanx for the t
how to fooks. Lol and I'm serius this door was  up. Even before I dremeled it.

[Blazinkaos]

Well I guess not everyone is good the first time you try. Practice counts man just keep trying.

[JC531]

@Blazinkaos yea. and i did it again on other broken umd door i had and it came out perfect! a lil studying, some tips from fellow modders and family members who some are carpenters n stuff and i did great! here check it out. out and the door's paint looks like crap cuz its from an old attempted paint job xD. and the paint was sanded long ago.

the silver door and circle is from yesterday and the black door and circle is from today.

silver=yesterday
black=today

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btw= i know how to paint now so dont go there lol.

[hyper999]

much better

[Blazinkaos]

There you go thats much better. Yea dremeling is like what a carpenter does my uncle has his own business of that just have to be creative steady hand. There tons of bits out there for those dremels I got a 20 set diamond bits. They use those to cut down on concrete and they cut perfect on plastic. Something to look for.

[JC531]

cool! hey for the diamond bits do you know if they have any for a chicago electric rotary tool? (i have one i just say dremel cuz its faster to say) btw the ce tool works pretty cool i forgot which dremel i compared it to tho. if there are any do you know where? i got my ce rotary tool (or dremel) at harbor freight. you think they might have some diamond bits there?

heres the link:

http://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/rotary-tools/professional-4-speed-rotary-tool-kit-40457.html

thanx!

[hyper999]

any dremel bits will fit that tool as it has the same size collet as a dremel

[crazy-modder]

Dude do not get that harbor freight crap....i bought one of those awhile back and it was super weak. As soon as i would touch the cutting wheel to what i was cutting it would freakin die cause it had no nuts. Spend your money right the first time and just get a DREMEL brand tool.

[JC531]

@crazy-modder well you probably got the $10 dollar one but i tried the cutting wheel and it worked great! you probably got a faulty one or something. and with a warranty if it breaks or something i get a new one free. but ok. i also got dis one cuz im trying to save some money for other parts. but right now its working pretty good! i might actually save some money on the side for a real dremel but that wont be any time soon.

[loboplayero]

hey guys well i just got a dremel today and decided to test it. i tryed cutting it like i saw loboplayero do it except more safer? lol idk but yea. i didnt know where else to post so i came here. in the picture you can see i cut out the middle circle. the only part i sanded was the door not the circle.(thats y it looks  up. the reason for the messups was cuz my mom kept bugging me. anyways lesson learned lock the door and put some earbuds on. anyways again this was my first time dremeling. the umd door was a spare part i had laying around. other than that im happy how well the dremel sanded and cut out the pieces. and other than the  up parts everything came out well so yea any tips ON dremeling these things will be appreciated. and yea i kno it came out  up xD. l8r guys

dude the first thing i said was DONT TRY THIS AT HOME  ive been cutting doors for a while man its takes practice u need to follow the steps provided by fookz on this post they will help u much bettter by the way the second door came out great!! just practice! 

[druid]

I would spend the 37 dollars to buy this or at least build a homemade one with wood and a plastic cutting board for table top.

[Sammy]

wow i just use a razor knife to cut mine out, it takes a while but it comes out nice.

[jacobia jacob]

lol.

at least he's practicing, keep at it but maybe just buy a sheet of plastic and practice cutting holes in it.

[crazy-modder]

Pffff i remember my first beer......

[Blazinkaos]

cool! hey for the diamond bits do you know if they have any for a chicago electric rotary tool? (i have one i just say dremel cuz its faster to say) btw the ce tool works pretty cool i forgot which dremel i compared it to tho. if there are any do you know where? i got my ce rotary tool (or dremel) at harbor freight. you think they might have some diamond bits there?

heres the link:

http://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/rotary-tools/professional-4-speed-rotary-tool-kit-40457.html

thanx!

Im not sure where youll find the diamond bits i was lucky enough to find them at a hardware store that i had to travel 50 miles to get to. So I suggest just look up electronic places or hardware places and ask see if they carry any.

Oh wait i searched the internet here are the ones I have.
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Quality-20-Piece-Diamond-Point-Rotary-Tool/dp/B000MOI9G6/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1307225078&sr=1-1

[JC531]

cool guys thanx. thanx for the support too! lol and @crazy-modder im 14 dude i dont do that stuff. also @druid that would actually be pretty cool how much does it cost?

[Blazinkaos]

JC531 did that link work for you.

[Sammy]

@druid that would actually be pretty cool how much does it cost?

$37

[nEoVaLoR]

wow i just use a razor knife to cut mine out, it takes a while but it comes out nice.

That is retarded, you're asking for injury.

If you have a soldering iron, stick a flathead screwdriver into it. Bam, high precision melting thingy.

[JC531]

@nEoVaLoR yea that actually works too! i forgot bout that... @sammy yea i agree you are looking for an injury even if it works for you. wat nEoVaLoR said is true you can do that with a soldering iron cuz it melts right through the plastic. BUT do not do this to smoothen the edges. if you dont have a rotary tool well... i guess you could use first a rough sand paper then a smooth to even everything out a bit. wont be perfect though but idk. oh and actually doing this gave me a design idea. if you wanna do like a crecent moon glue the middle circle to the side

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@Blazinkaos yea the link worked

[Sammy]

That is retarded, you're asking for injury.

If you have a soldering iron, stick a flathead screwdriver into it. Bam, high precision melting thingy.

i wear thick gloves, im not that stupid. but thanks for the idea.

[nEoVaLoR]

i wear thick gloves, im not that stupid. but thanks for the idea.

LOL you can't recover from this one I win.

Razor blade, thick gloves, umd door. NO precision at all. Just a bad idea sam D:

[JC531]

well i assume if he doesnt care about it and he does it pretty well its all fine from here




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lol i just modded one of my little nerf guns xD its so frikin loud!

[Blazinkaos]

Just going to burn  some nerves off happen to me when i first laid hand on soldering iron.

[nEoVaLoR]

well i assume if he doesnt care about it and he does it pretty well its all fine from here




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lol i just modded one of my little nerf guns xD its so frikin loud!

LOL about the nerf gun... I heard those things can hurt if modified!!

Just going to burn  some nerves off happen to me when i first laid hand on soldering iron.

huh? lol

[Crumbz]

i think he's trying to say that he burnt the nerves off his hand by touching the soldering iorn while it was on, the first time he used it.

At least tha,s what i got from it... Lol

[JC531]

lol. @nEoVaLoR actually not really. i mean mines doesnt atleast...idk i havent shot myself only my bro xD. one thing tho is that instead of the plunger smoothly going in after a shot it just shoots back in so its loud. plus it shoots further and a lil faster. and @Blazinkaos ouch if you did burn those nerves off well idk. but i hope you know now you dont hold soldering irons from the metal. (unless they sell gloves for that 

[Blazinkaos]

LOL about the nerf gun... I heard those things can hurt if modified!!
huh? lol

Oh I was just blabbing about the first time i touched a solder iron forget it lol. Just blabbing.

[K.A.O.]

it looks like you tryed to cut it out with a spoon

lmao. that made my day

[JC531]

just made a lil discovery that most ppl probably already know...i was playing around with the silver circle on the umd door and snapped it in half.ok heres what i found out...not only is there a plastic sticker thats also used as the adhesive.but if you take that sticker off you will be left with a shiny part of the ring (sorta reflective).so there ya go if you want a shiny umd ring take it out peel off the sticker and wala. l8r

[Sammy]

just made a lil discovery that most ppl probably already know...i was playing around with the silver circle on the umd door and snapped it in half.ok heres what i found out...not only is there a plastic sticker thats also used as the adhesive.but if you take that sticker off you will be left with a shiny part of the ring (sorta reflective).so there ya go if you want a shiny umd ring take it out peel off the sticker and wala. l8r

What? i dont get what your saying umd rings are always shiny, arent they?

[JC531]

i mean as in chrome shiny not brushed metal shiny. when that sticker is removed it has a reflective surface. the only way i found to remove the sticker was to snap the ring in half as shown below.

[Sammy]

oh i get it now. i want to do this, but mine just binds, it doesint break. are you sure this is a OEM ring?

[JC531]

yea theyre both from oem silvers and blacks. the picture was of the same ring. and to snap the ring BEND it in half and do the same this the other way [just so it weakens] then it shud snap. idk if its same for 3rd party rings.

[[HoP]]

i mean as in chrome shiny not brushed metal shiny. when that sticker is removed it has a reflective surface. the only way i found to remove the sticker was to snap the ring in half as shown below.

Use alcohol or some goof off/goo gone to remove tsticker from the ring.

the think that sucks about the CE rotary tool is that it only has 4 speeds. All of my Dremels are variable speed, which helps a ton when dealing with different plastics.

I found that using the dremel sanding wheel with a heavy grit works very fast for UMD door smoothing.'


If you want to do it the ghetto way, get a 200watt soldering gun (tips are cheap, or use copper like F00Kz did in a post somewhere around here) melt the bo-jesus out of the circle, sand the rest when done.


if you want to go cheap:
work from the back of the UMD door, draw a circle about 5mm away from the outer side of the UMD ring. Use a magnifying glass on a full sun day and melt the plastic (will only work with dark PSP's (unless you use permanent marker to make it dark)

to sand it cheaply, use a fine thread long bolt/screw and file away the plastic.

This will be basically a free way of getting it done as I have never been to a home that didn't have a magnifying glass and a fine thread screw/bolt of some type. (screws that join door knobs work well)

[JC531]

cool.yea it only has 4 speeds (im kinda wondering if they sell a part for it that will make it variable idk) and thanx for the tip on the ring (what kind of alchohol btw?)

Use alcohol or some goof off/goo gone to remove tsticker from the ring.

the think that sucks about the CE rotary tool is that it only has 4 speeds. All of my Dremels are variable speed, which helps a ton when dealing with different plastics.

I found that using the dremel sanding wheel with a heavy grit works very fast for UMD door smoothing.'


If you want to do it the ghetto way, get a 200watt soldering gun (tips are cheap, or use copper like F00Kz did in a post somewhere around here) melt the bo-jesus out of the circle, sand the rest when done.


if you want to go cheap:
work from the back of the UMD door, draw a circle about 5mm away from the outer side of the UMD ring. Use a magnifying glass on a full sun day and melt the plastic (will only work with dark PSP's (unless you use permanent marker to make it dark)

to sand it cheaply, use a fine thread long bolt/screw and file away the plastic.

This will be basically a free way of getting it done as I have never been to a home that didn't have a magnifying glass and a fine thread screw/bolt of some type. (screws that join door knobs work well)

[hyper999]

just use the slowest of the four speeds.

[[HoP]]

cool.yea it only has 4 speeds (im kinda wondering if they sell a part for it that will make it variable idk) and thanx for the tip on the ring (what kind of alchohol btw?)

not sure, ive never used alcohol on the ring, however i have used 99% isopropyl on other similar style tacky things and it worked ok.. you can try other types (its usually in your medicine cabinet)

goo gone is what i generally use though, or my heat gun and some patience.

[Sammy]

i mean as in chrome shiny not brushed metal shiny. when that sticker is removed it has a reflective surface. the only way i found to remove the sticker was to snap the ring in half as shown below.

is the sticker on the front of the ring or the back of the ring? i tried alcohol on two different rings (1000 and 2000) both oem i only did it on the front of them though, bu it didnt change them one bit

[hyper999]

is the sticker on the front of the ring or the back of the ring? i tried alcohol on two different rings (1000 and 2000) both oem i only did it on the front of them though, bu it didnt change them one bit

it won't just vanish! you have to scrub/scrape it away still, the alcohol just makes it a bit easier :P

[Sammy]

when i do it dosint seem like its doing anything at all, i rubbed it for like 5 mins then tryed to scrape it with a flat head, it doesint do anything.

[toadzilla]

when i do it dosint seem like its doing anything at all, i rubbed it for like 5 mins then tryed to scrape it with a flat head, it doesint do anything.

inless its already off

[JC531]

Its the back of the ring where its adhesive.