Dremel 120-Volt Engraver Rotary Tool with Stencils - Crafting Machine Perfect for DIY Personalizing and Engraving Leather, Metal, Glass, and Wood , Black, 290-02

It's great for starting out doing fossil prep. They also sell a diamond bit that can be purchased separately and there are a couple sites that have custom bits purpose built for it. It's more difficult than I had thought, as I have mostly worked with limestone of middle TN. But what is shown in the picture is sandstone I think and it just chips away at that like butter. It will become easier once I get ahold of the better bits. Only gripe is that it's loud and the wife complains lol

Used this engraver on all my shop tools and it did a great job, would buy again

I cut some runes into some forged steel and they look ok. It awkward to hold. I had to go back over my work and it looks shaky.If you just want your name on your tools, this cuts the mustard.Real artistry will require something more.

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. GREAT QUALITY FOR THE PRICE.

Dremel, name brand, we ve come to expect the best, and this Lil tool delivered. Thank you.

Buen producto, buena relación calidad precio, lo utilizo para marcar mis herramientas en plástico y metal y funciona muy bien ya había tenido este tipo de herramienta y volví a comprar otra ya que la anterior no supe dónde quedó.

You're going to want to buy this because it's 1) 25 or so dollars and 2) it's a Dremel.Please reconsider. This is just a bad product.Here are some reasons:1) This is NOT a rotary tool. The engraving bit does NOT spin. It vibrates. The vibrating element is housed in the rear of the unit. If you've ever pulled a heavy trailer with a small truck, then you know that it's a bad idea to have something heavy, swinging back and forth at the opposite end of the thing you're trying to control.The point? Good luck drawing/cutting a straight line with this thing. Curves are a fantasy. It's hard as hell to hold, all the weight is in the back of the unit and it is constantly shaking. Whoever designed this does not actually engrave things.2) This is the LOUDEST, smallest tool I (unfortunately) own. Imagine a dentist's drill, drilling into sheet-metal, inside an echo chamber and you're halfway there. I am not sure why the Dremel company thought that this product was ready to go without a surgeon general's warning about the threat to human hearing. Please do not use this without serious ear protection.3) No power. For as loud as this thing is. It sure isn't powerful. Press it as much as you want. Nothing will be engraved, but you will lose feeling in your hand from the vibration.4) It feels cheep. It is cheap and it feels cheap. This feels like the first version of a college engineering students freshman build project. Or something a friend fabricated with a 3D printer and off the shelf parts. I've seen prison tattoo guns that look more sophisticated than this piece of junk. Really disappointed in Dremel.5) This is not a quality product. This is a cash grab. This is Dremel doing some fast market research and realizing that it could invest $15 into an terrible engraver and see a $10 profit on the sale of each unit. I really like Dremel. I used to own one of their rotary machines until it crapped out after about 10 years. The difference is...I paid good money for that one. I relied on the Dremel name and got burned.This is a piece of junk.Save your $25.

This takes a bit of getting used to when using and suggest anyone start with some junk pieces of metal and glass. But once you get the hang of it this works great. This is an update of my previous review. I have recently started using this tool to do engraving on glass. If you consider doing this I recommend two things. One is a dust mask, preferably one where you can pinch the nose to make it fit well. You do not want to be inhaling glass debris! These are inexpensive at any pharmacy or hardware store. And you will want to use work area where you can use a paper towel to clean up the small bits of glass that come off the glass you are working on. Glasses or goggles are advisable as well. I started doing work on small vases and am now using old wine bottles putting scenes from Italy and France on them and using these as gifts for people to use for olive oil or oil and vinegar or other similar uses. I do my work freehand and while it is tricky engraving on a slick surface after getting used to it I have found it works beautifully. I have set of diamond tips but find that the tool that came with the Dremel works great and I seldom use any other bit. I use lowest setting for speed since at higher speed I did crack one vase while engraving. Was able to save it, as it was minor crack, but since then I have done probably 25 vases and bottles and no cracks. Using old bottles is great way to gain experience with the tool and find how you have to hold it to get the right cut but once you do if you have any artistic skills (mine are probably average) you should find you can produce good work that make great and inexpensive gifts. I wait for Bed, Bath and Beyond to send me $5 off on $15 coupons and use those to buy pourers for olive oil, etc. to add to the bottle when using for myself or for gifts. These pourers do not come with dust/bug caps which you need. Solution I found was to go to Home Depot and buy a pack of 96 small end caps for shelving units. Works perfectly as a cap for pourers. At $6 with tax for 96 this is very economical.