Old Dremel ID?

[Carl]

Anyone know what model Dremel Moto-tool this is?

https://picasaweb.google.com/saltpointer/DremelTool?authkey=Gv1sRgCIGq1JyPhrjm-QE#

Thanks!

[KeepinOldBolts]

Carl, a google image search produced this:

http://www.techzonics.com/collectibles-antiques-rare.htm

Scroll down (or CNTRL-F) to find Dremel Model 2  Moto-Tool.

[Aunt Phil]

early 60s.

[Carl]

The one pictured is close, but not the same. I've looked for hours and have not found one that is an exact match. I'm thinking it's a very early production- the brass screen at the rear had to be expensive to make and therefore changed due to cost reduduction- all the Model 2's I've seen have stamped louvers.

[Aunt Phil]

I had one I bought new.  It came in a silver hammertone painted tin box with about 16 points and a rectangular dressing stone for the grinding wheels.

The tool ran hotter than hell, to the point you couldn't hold it after 10 minutes.  The internal fan was wrong, and didn't move sufficient air through the housing.  The bakalite housing was fine till it got dropped the first time.  The bakalite also shrunk over time and split from stress forces caused by the stator.

Brush life was probably 5 running hours and by the 3rd replacement set the commutator was hopelessly beyond use. 
It was a tool that suffered mightily for lack of materials it could be built from.

[ron darner]

All of the Dremel #2 Moto-Tool illustrations that I've found show an extremely short (or no) strain relief on the cord at the exit from the tool; ads MENTION a #3, with 50% more power, but I haven't found an illustration so far.  All of the #3 ads I have located are from the 1960's.  An "industrial" version, upgraded from the #2, might well use a better spring-wire strain relief and perhaps better screening.  Or, maybe that was a running change . . .?

[Gavin]

Hello,
I Know what one that is it is an earlier Dremel Mototool Model 2 it is from about 1946 to late 1950s since it has bakelite and yes it does get hot i have the sixties model but mine broke when i was trying to tighten a bit in the collet 
Thanks  Email me back with any other questions

[stormking]

Carl, Gavin is correct I believe. Here is a picture of a model 2 that was given to me at least 20 years ago by the original owner. He must have only used it a couple of times by the look of it. The marks on it are paint that I haven't tried to remove. This appears to be identical to yours including the brass screens but with engraved ID. I like the the 88 Watts 110 Volt AC or DC. I hope this helps as other than that I don't know anything about it.


By stormking3 at 2012-06-10


By stormking3 at 2012-06-10

[scottg]

Yup very early model 2.
I had a later model 3.  Still bakelite, but it had superb power to weight ratio and ran perfectly cool.
I used it hard for 20 years.   I have others, but nothing else compares.
The bakelite finally died.  I still miss it bad.
The only thing I have left of it is the brown hammer tone covered tin box it came in.
yours Scott