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Tool: Dremel 290 Engraver

After you’ve been ripped off and some uh-hum has run off with your livelihood, as happened to me once upon a time, you’ll find yourself purchasing a Dremel 290 Engraver. Then without fail you’ll initiate your tools with a positive form of Identification. I engrave every new tool with my company name, my name, an identification number and… my favorite symbol.

Rating:

Description:

• Amperage .2 Amps (0,02 A)
• Description Engraver
• Hertz 60 Hz
• Strokes per minute 7,200 spm
• Voltage 12o V AC, 60Hz
• Weight (lbs.) 12 oz. (340 g)

Experience:

The Dremel 290 is around my shop for one reason; to engrave my tools with my Name and Identification number. Every tool I purchase gets a mark. Sometimes I open the tool body and engrave where it’s unlikely a thief will look. As a tool comes into my shop I have to add it to a ledger for tax purposes because they all depreciate from the time they are put into service. At that time I can make an id number and include it in the ledger.

I designed two templates for spray painting my tools and after an engraving my tools get painted. A look around this site will show my ID designs. They all have it. With the ability to make tiny marks using the Dremel 290 even smaller hand tools can get an ID mark. This is not only handy in case of theft but because we all have a lot of the same tools on a jobsite. Pick one of mine up and it’s got my mark on it. Levels, Squares, even screwdrivers – You name it and I’ve written my name on it. There is little that can resist being scratched by the Dremel 290.

Links:

Dremel 290-01 1.15 Amp 7,200 Stroke Per Minute Engraver at Amazon.com

Modern day 290 at Dremel.com the Model 290-01

Filed under: Other Power Tools | Tagged: Dremel, Engraver