Tools Carvers Use - Tiki Carving

B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Tue, Feb 28, 2006 11:39 AM THis is about the Flex shaft carvers and How to Hold/ mount/hang them for use. If you are on a bench, the tall adjustable hangar works well attatched to the bench, but what do you do when not at the bench?? I have been asked the question more than a few times and I have not, until now , thought of Anything to use to keep it from rolling off the table or log or whatever place you are carving. I just remembered an Old photographers trick and I think it will work well. I'm going to make a sand-bag large enough for the flex-shaft motor to sit in securely. I think it will be portable enough and it willbe small enough to get the job done whereever I want it to be placed. On another note, I have the new Foredom recip handpiece that I got for Christmas,, in fact I have 2 of them and they have almost become useless. I noticed that everytime I opened the thing up, the cam gears were very dry. What seems to be happening is that they are wearing prepaturely. Also I believe the spring is not powerful enough and needs to be updated. Foredom sent a pick-up order to UPS who came by today to get both my handpieces. They are sending me 2 replacements which should arrive any day. SO, If you have the foredom,and it has lost its power, here is their E-Mail: [email protected] . Send them a note about your #50C, Recip Handpiece explaining what is happening. You may want to open it up (instructions on the user sheet that came with it) and make sure it has the proper amount of grease,(also in the notes). They should send you a replacement or at least the repalcement cams and bearings. Thats it for today.

THis is about the Flex shaft carvers and How to Hold/ mount/hang them for use. If you are on a bench, the tall adjustable hangar works well attatched to the bench, but what do you do when not at the bench?? I have been asked the question more than a few times and I have not, until now , thought of Anything to use to keep it from rolling off the table or log or whatever place you are carving.

I just remembered an Old photographers trick and I think it will work well. I'm going to make a sand-bag large enough for the flex-shaft motor to sit in securely. I think it will be portable enough and it willbe small enough to get the job done whereever I want it to be placed.

On another note, I have the new Foredom recip handpiece that I got for Christmas,, in fact I have 2 of them and they have almost become useless. I noticed that everytime I opened the thing up, the cam gears were very dry. What seems to be happening is that they are wearing prepaturely. Also I believe the spring is not powerful enough and needs to be updated. Foredom sent a pick-up order to UPS who came by today to get both my handpieces. They are sending me 2 replacements which should arrive any day.
SO, If you have the foredom,and it has lost its power, here is their E-Mail: [email protected] .
Send them a note about your #50C, Recip Handpiece explaining what is happening. You may want to open it up (instructions on the user sheet that came with it) and make sure it has the proper amount of grease,(also in the notes). They should send you a replacement or at least the repalcement cams and bearings.

Thats it for today.

Post #217941 by Benzart on Tue, Feb 28, 2006 11:39 AM