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5th January 2017, 02:03 PM #16GOLD MEMBER
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Uber,
Good find! Hope to hear how it goes for you once you've had it a while - looks like it would be a very powerful combo.
thanks,
Brian
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5th January 2017, 02:51 PM #17Cliff.
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5th January 2017, 03:25 PM #18Senior Member
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Now for a bit more info, any recommendations for carving bits with 6mm shanks?
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5th January 2017, 03:29 PM #19Senior Member
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5th January 2017, 08:21 PM #21GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Kidbee,
i use both dremel and Proxxon bits in my Proxxon. It comes with a number of different collets. Have a look at the IBS/E at proxxonworld.com.au
Brian
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29th February 2020, 01:34 PM #22Senior Member
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I never did end up getting the Metabo but I did buy the Proxxon 28481 and I absolutely hate it, it is ergonomically awful and the 20000RPM max speed isn't really high enough for me, plus I keep hitting the collet lock when the tool is operating.
I did just get a Fein battery Die Grinder but it is a bit much for anything but rough shaping something very quickly, hahaha!
So I'm back looking again and I liked the look of the MINIfix 25-R from Suhner but the price is just insane, for industry the price is no doubt justifiable but for occasional home use it is not.
I have still been using my ancient GMC spiral saw as an oversized Dremel and it is cumbersome but it has some power and has an of switch that I can just bang against my leg to turn off, it also runs really cool.
The Proxxon speed and power switch are awkwardly located at the back meaning you really need a second hand to operate them, no fun unless you clamp whatever you are working.
Has anyone tried a universal flex shaft? I see that there are a few 6mm ones so I may be able to fit that to my current die grinder just to see if I like using the flex shaft or if I want to go back to a motor in the handpiece type tool.
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29th February 2020, 07:49 PM #23GOLD MEMBER
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Ubernoob,
Sorry to hear you didn’t like the Proxxon. I use the Proxxon foot pedal as the on/off switch - with this type of tool you seem to need three hands so I bought the foot pedal and it has made life much easier - especially when using the tool in a router base.
As to flex shafts, I like the Foredom tools FOREDOM | Quality & Service Since 1922
they’ve been in business for nearly 100 years so they probably have got it right
As an aside, a few years ago I damaged my glasses while in Croatia. I managed to locate a spectacle repair specialist in Zagreb - a tiny shop buried in the bowels of a building way outside town. They had SIX Foredom machines in a space not much bigger than two telephone boxes ( remember them?). The love of my life wondered why I was away so long........
Brian
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2nd March 2020, 11:32 AM #24
Plus one for the Foredom. Had mine for a fair while now and never a problem, runs fine bits and larger burrs with no issues at all and never had any problems with it. Well worth the investment
Cheers, Ian"The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot.. it can't be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run.
And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better"
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10th March 2020, 07:56 PM #25Senior Member
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Well, I eat some of my words, I had to use the Proxxon today.
After snapping two easy outs in a cylinder head the workshop Dremel came out, I asked the boss if it had been dropped as the runout made it unusable for what I was doing, so I went home and got the Proxxon.
I had to flatten the end of the easy out with an abrasive bit so I could drill it out with a Dimohard drill, whiiiich also snapped as it cut through the end of the broken exhaust stud
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