discussion Dspiae mini cordless (USB) Grinder

[pjgtech]

Had this for a few days (maybe couple of weeks) now.
I am a total Dspiae fanboy and make no excuses for that. IMHO they make good gear at a reasonable cost.
I have uploaded a short YT video of my first impressions of this grinder, see linky below:
YT video of Dspiae grinder
It seems well made of good quality.
NB: It is only a mini and cordless (usb rechargeable) grinder, so don't expect it to clean up your welding!
Its only designed for scale modellers and the soft plastic that we generally use.
I bought a set of carbide grinding bits that work fine with it and as far as I know it has a 3mm hole/collet, so should work with most Dremel type bits, so could be used with bits/attachments for drilling, sanding, shaping, as well as grinding.
It has three speeds, so far the first/slowest speed has been fine for everything I've used it for.
Its a handy bit of kit and is certainly faster than sanding if needing to remove larger sections of plastic.
Link to John's SMS shop page:
SMS Dspiae Grinder page
Cheers

 

[Andy T]

as far as I know it has a 3mm hole/collet, so should work with most Dremel type bits, so could be used with bits/attachments for drilling, sanding, shaping, as well as grinding.

This is my main niggle with this. The collet is 3mm as you say. Dremel and other widely available bits are 1/8", or 3.2mm, so don't usually fit

It just means looking around for bits with a 3mm shank

 

[pjgtech]

This is my main niggle with this. The collet is 3mm as you say. Dremel and other widely available bits are 1/8", or 3.2mm, so don't usually fit

It just means looking around for bits with a 3mm shank

Hmm, I have a Dremel clone (think I got it from Lidl or Aldi), maybe a Parkside model? and have lots of bits for it, I'll see if they fit....

 

[Andy T]

I have a big assorted kit of Parkside bits, they don't fit my Dspiae

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice wee review Peter, cheers. That noise, had flashbacks to being in the dentist chair

 

[Andy T]

There are a few nice touches to this that make Dspiae stand out as a manufacturer that thinks their designs through.

As shown in the video, the easily lost Allen key is stored nice and safely in the handle. Also included are two spare grub screws for the chuck. Again, they could quite easily get lost, so having spares screwed into the handle is a great idea.