Dremel Tool and Inside Corners

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Dremel Tool and Inside Corners

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Hello All,

I wanted to see what smarter people than myself use to clean up small areas or inside corners! Right now I use a dremel tool but the stones just don't seem to last very long. Any other ways other than a dremel tool? Thanks in advance.
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The steel is hardened by the Plasma cutting action, stones will not last :o
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What exactly do you mean by inside corners? Can you post pics? All I ever have to clean up is slag on the backside and I use needle files for everything else. If you are cutting hot rolled it will leave the edges hard.....cold rolled or P&O will not.

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I think he's referring to the bevel on inside corners for thicker materials. The slots for tab-in-slot type items. I cut the slots a bit oversize, and also use cut rules to slow cut speed (50% or so) and disable THC where "square" corners are needed. This helps to clean them up.
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I use the dremel if a corner is wrong but with a carbide cutter in it. Works well.
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