Foredom

dirtyphil

dirtyphil

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im selling a fly rod outta my quiver and was thinking of buying one. Talk me into (or out of) buying the kit. Not worried about the cost. I have a dremel but have heard it's night and day difference(?) thanks for the assist, Phil
 
I have been using a variable speed 1/5 HP Dremel for 20 years. The other day I had to buy a new switch for it that cost me $15. Dang it's worked good for me !!!
Frank
 
Oh- I have 5 or 6 Dremels in my shop. I still use them.
The Foredom is a completely different machine.
 
I used up a Dremel and got a Foredom.
Love it, it's way better. Get one that goes forewards and reverse, oh and the toot paddle
 
There's one at Jantz for ~$250. The rest I've seen on eBay are in the mud 3's to $450. They seem to be the same package but the one at Jantz has gotta be missing something...maybe the reverse mode(?) I'll be buying one once this rod sells.
 
Well I've never owned a Foredom! It's next on my list! BUT what I do in the mean time is buy the cheapest Dremel at Wally World and buy the extended warranty! It's really cheap on a single speed Dremel and it pays for it's self as much as I use it. I only use at high speed so a simple on off dremel is like $39 bucks and a extended two year warranty is like .39c. If it lasts two years I'm good! If not I simply replace.
 
i have the Harbor Freight foredom knockoff. It's worlds better than a dremel, though it's not portable, so I can't use it much for non knife related things.
 
I have the sr, and it has plenty of power. I'm not sure you'd see much advantage to the big one unless you're running 1/4" shank burrs for something like cylinder head porting
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
TX is best.
SR is good for light use ... which knifemakers don't do.

The 1/3HP TX industrial uit with square drive shaft is by far the best unit I ever used. About $340 ... amd worth every penny.
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I'll take your word for it. I haven't found my sr to be lacking at all, but maybe I'm just gentle with it.
 
The SR is a fine machine, and for basic jewelry work and woodcarving, it will work fine.

When you are sculpting metal with carbide burrs that can run $30 and more each, you wll appreciate the power and smoothness.
For running 1/4" shaft carbide wood sculpting burs that may be 1" wide, the SR won't cut it ( see what I did there :) ).
 
I wish I had a foredom. I make do with a high speed powercrafter (400,000 rpm) and a die profiler. The profiler works nice becaus I can put files in it and do guard slots or even use needle files for doing file work. I have seen sand paper attachments for them as well.

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JT, you DO have a Foredom. All you need is a #30 handpiece.
Your Foredom is the 3:1 ratio gear head model. It's slower, but has more torque.
 
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