I prefer Rotary corded Proxxon tooI. I prefer any electrical tool corded. It is more reliable.
Unless I’m out in a field without power I too prefer corded tools. (1) they’re usually cheaper (2) you’re not endlessly replacing batteries or waiting for them to charge. But that’s just my 2 cents.
Ditto
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
I prefer my electric hobby tools to be corded 95% of time, a few exceptions are small micro screw drivers or portable lights for looking on floor for things I dropped.
Now for heavy construction power tools that is a different story, as I work outside often away from power sources.
Now for heavy construction power tools that is a different story, as I work outside often away from power sources.
I personally prefer cordless. Power leads just get in the way and so many are so stiff take ages to “relax” and be pliable.
This obviously applies to hand held.
This obviously applies to hand held.
I do not know why 12V corded tools are being produced by Proxxon. They require a transformer - one more appliance which one does not need when use 120V tools.
I have used this Dremel copy. It works very well for me at a great price.
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The web site also has many tools and useful items at reasonable costs.
I also prefer Dremel. There is a wide range of Dremel tools and I can purchase just what I want. Menards, Home Depot, or Lowes carries a wide selection and there are plenty of used ones on ebay or facebook marketplace.
I do like Proxen for the small Milling machine and Drill press.
I do like Proxen for the small Milling machine and Drill press.
I have both dremel(corded &cordless) and 12 volt corded proxxons rotary- and sanding tools.both have their pro’s and con’s.If you decide for 12 v corded proxxon,my advise is to buy a multi socket transformator if you add other proxxon tools in the future .The very quiet buzzing sound in a silent ambience of the proxxon trafo when turned on is the only negative side of it.Even if you fix all the screws, it doesn’t help.
I use a combination of Dremel battery, and corded rotary tools, along with a couple of Proxxon corded 12V tools. Some times the tool you need is only made by one source, and in one type of power configuration. For instance I use a Proxxon sander with different shaped tool heads for fine sanding in small places. It is as far as I know only available as a 12 volt transformer powered tool.
I agree completely with Palladian's reply to your question.
Additional Criteria for prompts to purchase for almost all devices (in my opinion)
1.Does it improve my building quality and my tool gallery
2.Does it simplify certain steps of model making
The most important:
Do I feel happy and and am i fully satisfied while using this tool
The choice of the quality is also important.I have the experience that cheap meats - goulasch destroys the stomache no matter how good the cook is.
Additional Criteria for prompts to purchase for almost all devices (in my opinion)
1.Does it improve my building quality and my tool gallery
2.Does it simplify certain steps of model making
The most important:
Do I feel happy and and am i fully satisfied while using this tool
The choice of the quality is also important.I have the experience that cheap meats - goulasch destroys the stomache no matter how good the cook is.
I use both corded and battery. I think it depends on what you want to use it for. Dremel, small bench saw and proxxon lathe are all corded, small hand drill and mini sander are battery powered.
There is an abundance of great tools out there to fit your budget and skill level. I started pretty simple with Model Shipways Phantom. Model knives, sandpaper, tweezers, hand drill etc. until it came time to thin the rail in the solid hull--my first Dremel with a sanding drum made short work of that--in1980. I've since moved on with Byrnes tools and Proxxon, but my ultimate purchase, a Sherline mill and lathe still eludes me.
I just got the Proxxon FF230 because I got it off eBay at a price I couldn’t pass up. That said, if not for the great price I got, I think I would have stretched the budget a little for the sherline 14”. Only because it’s a little bit bigger and uses fewer proprietary components like collets.
And in the top of that "are very expensive