Clean narrow cut Rating:5 out of 5 stars This mini saw works great for cutting wood up to 1/4″. I’ve used it for some hobby projects as well as cutting outlet/light switch holes in a sheet of wall paneling. Good tool with a safe design.
Does what it says Rating:4 out of 5 stars I bought this tool for my father to attach to his dremel tool to help us fix one of our door frames. We had to cut out a 6 inch section of the frame and replace it. This dremel circular saw tool did the job exactly as we’d hoped.
Good for the most part Rating:4 out of 5 stars This unit is well built. Actually too well built. was more than what i needed. They definitely had safety in mind when they built it.
It is practically useless Rating:2 out of 5 stars It’s like a toy saw, the construction quality of the housing is good and sometimes it does work quite well. But the tooth of the saw itself went curved with 2 hours of use, and the dremel tool doesn’t have enough torque to work except on the easiest surfaces, maybe balsa or very thin wood.
limited uses Rating:3 out of 5 stars this tool is almost too small. i have found very few uses where a simple cut-off wheel would not do just as well. the accessory does a fine job when you do find the right situation, however.
Yes, but… Rating:4 out of 5 stars I use my mini-rip saw all the time; it’s absolutely essential to my art work. But I can’t recommend it without a few comments.
First: that safety housing around it is so bulky that you cannot really see where the blade is going to go, exactly. This is fine if you’re cutting something roughly, and you don’t care within an 1/8 of an inch where the blade touches your work, but otherwise it’s maddening. When I first bought it I tried it for a few cuts then put it aside to return. Instead what I did was attach it into one Dremel and use my other one, with a diamond cut-off wheel inserted, and lop the whole front of that silly cage off. If you do this, be mindful of where it is sealed to keep in the lubricating oil, and leave the back face of the safety on to help you keep the blade straight up and down. Once you do this little surgery, of course, you’re out of warrantee, but then, WOW! this little guy is super handy! It’s a detail saw with a dream-kerf of about a millimeter. Make SURE you wear goggles, now, dust and bits are going to fly.
Second: I don’t know the solution to this second problem. I used my mini-saw so much, for so long, cutting through tempered hard-board that the blade got quite overheated and warped. When I finally realized I should have changed it a while ago, I found that the screw holding it in had fused to the blade and I couldn’t get it off. The spindle-lock for the tool gave out before the screw moved, and I ended up bending the shaft of the saw trying. I would have returned it to Dremel, but since I had cut off the safety as I described, there was no chance. Ultimately I decided I had gotten far more than my money’s worth out of the tool anyway, and bought a new one. I still use it every day. I guess I’m just going to have to be careful to change the blade sooner this time.
Nice except the shield can get in the way Rating:4 out of 5 stars The integral safety shield is a good idea but it gets in the way of seeing the path of the blade. It also means that whatever you are cutting must not have any protrusions that might obstruct the path of the saw/shield.
It did do a good job when we replaced our kitchen counter.. the old top was glued solid to the formica backsplash which we managed to save.
Works OK – barely… Rating:3 out of 5 stars I bought this to trim some 1/4″ plywood from underneath a cabinet (couldn’t get a chisel in there) and it worked just OK. To cut about a 1 foot section took about 10 minutes with a ton of burning and smoking of the blade and grinding to a halt (absolutely no torque) when met with a bit of resistance. It might work ok for balsa wood, but for anything else it is too weak a blade (carbide tipped would be better). Also, the blade guard is annoying because you can’t get flush up to your edge (leaves about 1/8″ or so of wood still along the joint). It’s also annoying how you have to change out the head unit of your dremel, making it time consuming to switch back to normal collet and bits.
Works great for small jobs! Could use some improvements. Rating:3 out of 5 stars Fine for cutting thin wood or plastic. I wish it cut deeper – say up to 1/2 inch. Also wish there was a way to manually move the blade protector out of the way while cutting.
Best tool ever Rating:5 out of 5 stars I got this ool for my science class. We use it for building moust trap cars and it works like a dreem. great construcion and you can even get replacement blades for it. if you build mouse trap care this is a defanite.
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Clean narrow cut
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This mini saw works great for cutting wood up to 1/4″. I’ve used it for some hobby projects as well as cutting outlet/light switch holes in a sheet of wall paneling. Good tool with a safe design.
Does what it says
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this tool for my father to attach to his dremel tool to help us fix one of our door frames. We had to cut out a 6 inch section of the frame and replace it. This dremel circular saw tool did the job exactly as we’d hoped.
Good for the most part
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This unit is well built. Actually too well built. was more than what i needed. They definitely had safety in mind when they built it.
It is practically useless
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
It’s like a toy saw, the construction quality of the housing is good and sometimes it does work quite well. But the tooth of the saw itself went curved with 2 hours of use, and the dremel tool doesn’t have enough torque to work except on the easiest surfaces, maybe balsa or very thin wood.
A big deception.
limited uses
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
this tool is almost too small. i have found very few uses where a simple cut-off wheel would not do just as well. the accessory does a fine job when you do find the right situation, however.
Yes, but…
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I use my mini-rip saw all the time; it’s absolutely essential to my art work. But I can’t recommend it without a few comments.
First: that safety housing around it is so bulky that you cannot really see where the blade is going to go, exactly. This is fine if you’re cutting something roughly, and you don’t care within an 1/8 of an inch where the blade touches your work, but otherwise it’s maddening. When I first bought it I tried it for a few cuts then put it aside to return. Instead what I did was attach it into one Dremel and use my other one, with a diamond cut-off wheel inserted, and lop the whole front of that silly cage off. If you do this, be mindful of where it is sealed to keep in the lubricating oil, and leave the back face of the safety on to help you keep the blade straight up and down. Once you do this little surgery, of course, you’re out of warrantee, but then, WOW! this little guy is super handy! It’s a detail saw with a dream-kerf of about a millimeter. Make SURE you wear goggles, now, dust and bits are going to fly.
Second: I don’t know the solution to this second problem. I used my mini-saw so much, for so long, cutting through tempered hard-board that the blade got quite overheated and warped. When I finally realized I should have changed it a while ago, I found that the screw holding it in had fused to the blade and I couldn’t get it off. The spindle-lock for the tool gave out before the screw moved, and I ended up bending the shaft of the saw trying. I would have returned it to Dremel, but since I had cut off the safety as I described, there was no chance. Ultimately I decided I had gotten far more than my money’s worth out of the tool anyway, and bought a new one. I still use it every day. I guess I’m just going to have to be careful to change the blade sooner this time.
Nice except the shield can get in the way
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The integral safety shield is a good idea but it gets in the way of seeing the path of the blade. It also means that whatever you are cutting must not have any protrusions that might obstruct the path of the saw/shield.
It did do a good job when we replaced our kitchen counter.. the old top was glued solid to the formica backsplash which we managed to save.
Works OK – barely…
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I bought this to trim some 1/4″ plywood from underneath a cabinet (couldn’t get a chisel in there) and it worked just OK. To cut about a 1 foot section took about 10 minutes with a ton of burning and smoking of the blade and grinding to a halt (absolutely no torque) when met with a bit of resistance. It might work ok for balsa wood, but for anything else it is too weak a blade (carbide tipped would be better). Also, the blade guard is annoying because you can’t get flush up to your edge (leaves about 1/8″ or so of wood still along the joint). It’s also annoying how you have to change out the head unit of your dremel, making it time consuming to switch back to normal collet and bits.
Works great for small jobs! Could use some improvements.
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Fine for cutting thin wood or plastic. I wish it cut deeper – say up to 1/2 inch. Also wish there was a way to manually move the blade protector out of the way while cutting.
Best tool ever
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I got this ool for my science class. We use it for building moust trap cars and it works like a dreem. great construcion and you can even get replacement blades for it. if you build mouse trap care this is a defanite.