For most carving and free-hand shaping I use chisels and gouges but certain situations require me to use an angle grinder, arbortech, laminate router, or Foredom. There are situations where I use various carbide burrs powered by the Foredom but many times I find I need more torque. Before I take the plunge and buy an compressor and die grinder, does anyone know of an electric version of a die grinder that has the torque and speed I need to use various sized and shaped balls, burrs, mills? I'm not too enthused about the noise of a 60 gallon air compressor in my basement.