Saturday, July 21, 2007
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
I have been wondering what to get a four year old for his birthday. Finally had the perfect idea yesterday: the Dremel 400 XPR!
What does a four year old need with a Dremel tool? Pedicures! His doctor said it is a great way to trim their nails. After a little research on-line I was sold. If you nick the quick it actually cauterizes the wound because it spins so fast rather than bleeding all over the place.
When I first heard about doing it this way I thought I would just use my drill. My drill has a pretty fast top speed of 2,100 RPM. No problem. I thought the only advantage the Dremel had was it was smaller and easier to handle. I looked up the Dremel speeds and they have a range of speeds between 5,000 RPM and 35,000 RPM!
I got it home last night and it works great. I get a much better and cleaner cut than with the clippers. With the clippers his nails can splinter sometimes, and I don't cut them as short as I want for fear of hurting him. With the grinding wheel I can just keep taking a little bit off at a time until I can see the distinctive pattern on the cut portion that tells you when to quit.
This is a page that had a lot of useful information on grinding their nails.
I still want to get them shorter, but the quick needs a chance to recede after the nails are shortened. Every four days or so I will take a little more off until they are greyhound active length.
What does a four year old need with a Dremel tool? Pedicures! His doctor said it is a great way to trim their nails. After a little research on-line I was sold. If you nick the quick it actually cauterizes the wound because it spins so fast rather than bleeding all over the place.
When I first heard about doing it this way I thought I would just use my drill. My drill has a pretty fast top speed of 2,100 RPM. No problem. I thought the only advantage the Dremel had was it was smaller and easier to handle. I looked up the Dremel speeds and they have a range of speeds between 5,000 RPM and 35,000 RPM!
I got it home last night and it works great. I get a much better and cleaner cut than with the clippers. With the clippers his nails can splinter sometimes, and I don't cut them as short as I want for fear of hurting him. With the grinding wheel I can just keep taking a little bit off at a time until I can see the distinctive pattern on the cut portion that tells you when to quit.
This is a page that had a lot of useful information on grinding their nails.
I still want to get them shorter, but the quick needs a chance to recede after the nails are shortened. Every four days or so I will take a little more off until they are greyhound active length.