You know guys, I've been watching these kinds of electric vs air-powered porting tool threads forever. What's funny about this is is I find that most people use a die grinder for porting whereas I use a Dremel entirely and solely. I have a little reasoning behind air-driven die grinders vs. a Dremel (or other electric rotary tool): I prefer a Dremel because it has finer, more "artistic" control, even though it's got much less torque and takes considerably longer than a die grinder. I know there's plenty of very skilled porting folks out there that use air die grinders but I don't prefer them personally.



I don't use any of the scuffs or sanding drums that you can buy at Home Depot or any other hardware store. I order all of my stuff online and those things that I use are unorthodox.



B

 

bdc- would you say that using a dremel although takes longer (and i agree with the tool being easier to be precise with) costs more money on bits compared to a die grinder setup? maybe that's why more people levitate to them?

 

but you have to spend $200+ on a compressor if you dont already have one that could buy a helluv alot of bits

 

I would say "yep" -> using a Dremel does take significantly longer, especially during times when you're grinding out rough cast iron or other rough cast stuff to get to bare metal such as on irons' intake port runners.



Not sure on cost of bits, however.. I would suspect it's the same./ Alot of it has to do with what you use.



B

 

i understand where you're coming from brian, i'm not a big fan of air tools either

 

u guys must use wrong air tools at wrong psi

 

I use a Dremel too.

 

i would like to have a die grinder when first starting and cutting out the bridge then move on to the "dremel" for detailing. every now and them my dremel likes to bounce around on me but i found out if i cut in a u shape it acts right





David

 

i think its the noise in my case

 

I concur.



the air compressor has to run alot too.