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#680 Mini Rotary Tool

unboxing and initial review of a cordless Mini Rotary Tool for engraving and model carving.

Build

Notes

I found a good deal on a USB Cordless Rotary Tool Kit Woodworking Engraving Pen DIY For Jewelry Metal Glass Mini Wireless Drill -from a seller on aliexpress.

I’ve wanted to try one of these for some time. For those cases where a Dremel, drill or router is just too heavy duty, for example:

  • adding finishing details, cutouts etc for electronic project enclosures
  • for scale model construction

The device arraived pretty much fully charged, so I was able to just slide in an attachment and start engraving. Not powerful, but easy to precisely control, which is perfect for the light and fine work I plan to use it for.

Specs

  • Attachment: 2.35mm
  • Clamp Depth: 25mm
  • Speed: 10000-15000-20000rpm
  • Power: 10W
  • Voltage: 3.7V
  • Battery capacity: 380MAH
  • Charge input voltage: 5V 2A

parts

The kit came with a very large number of attachments for engraving, polishing, cutting etc

attachments

Instructions

instructions

infosheet

Credits and References

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LEAP is just my personal collection of projects. Two main themes have emerged in recent years, sometimes combined:

  • electronics - usually involving an Arduino or other microprocessor in one way or another. Some are full-blown projects, while many are trivial breadboard experiments, intended to learn and explore something interesting
  • scale modelling - I caught the bug after deciding to build a Harrier during covid to demonstrate an electronic jet engine simulation. Let the fun begin..
To be honest, I haven't quite figured out if these two interests belong in the same GitHub repo or not. But for now - they are all here!

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