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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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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Now for a bit more info, any recommendations for carving bits with 6mm shanks?
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
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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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
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
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 :(