Fordom TXH

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I use Foredom TX series motors on most of my flexshafts. I just ordered a new shaft/sheath and handpiece for one. I ordered the TXH - heavy duty shaft and sheath. Besides being square drive and a much heavier built handpiece, I discovered another benefit - The shaft/sheath is 5 feet long, instead of the three feet of the regular ones. This is a big gain in usability for many tasks. The conversion cost about $130 for the full set of shaft/sheath/handpiece. There is no other conversion needed beyond taking off the old one and screwing in the new one.

 

[Jonathans]

Thanks for that Stacy. My old flex cable is shot and I was just about to order a new one. Nice to know that the heavy duty one is plug and play.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Yes, the shaft fits the TX series motors. I suspect it fits the newer series "screw on" sheath of the SR and LX, too. They appear identical at the motor frame. remember that they only fit the square drive handpieces.

The only breaking in I see is on me, not the unit. It is heavier and a good bit stiffer. I will quickly acclimate, but right now it feels "clunkier". I have other flexshaft unites that I will keep in the standard round shaft to use with the many specialty handpieces I have.

 

[james terrio]

I don't own a TX series.

The ONLY problem I have ever had with my Foredom is when the tiny *blankety-blank cussword* little set-screw that holds the flex-shaft core to the actual motor spindle on my ST model broke, and of course fell away in two pieces when I disassembled it to see what happened. It broke after about a hundred hours of use.

I suspect that doesn't happen very often at all. I've used an awful lot of set-screws in my day, and I think I just happened to stumbled across one out of a thousand that was faulty. These things can happen. It's not a design flaw, in my opinion... either I got one bad screw or I over-stressed it somehow. The tool has run without a hitch for hundreds of hours since I replaced that broken screw.

You can find the set-screw on the parts-list on the Foredom website. Order two spares and the hex-wrench for them when you order your handpiece, just in case... and you will probably never lose a day's work.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

That was always a problem. The new ones have a hardened Allen socket set screw. Much easier to tighten down tight.