"Tom Nie" wrote in message
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Ken,
Just where did you find something like that??

TomNie
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Tom,
The high speed drills (handpieces) that your dentist uses are air driven
turbines (at least the newer ones are; some may still use a mechanical drive
in the under 50K RPM range). The air drives usually use a smaller diameter
burr than the Dremel types, and have less torque, but that is an advantage
since there is less reaction to the initial touch of the tool to the wood
surface. This allows better control and less tendency to "skate" across the
wood surface. Dental units can be worn to the point where they are no longer
usable by dentists, but can still used on wood. Dental supply outlets also
can furnish complete hand pieces or replacement turbines, or rebuilt units.
Google "dental hand pieces", or check your local yellow pages under dental
supplies.

Ken Moon
Weberville, TX.
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"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message
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Thanks Ken. Of course for your suggestion I need to want to sit for a
couple
of hours of piercing again. Turning is a lot more fun. On the other
hand, if
I turned the form to 1/16 or less first the piercing would be a lot
quicker.....

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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
www.aroundthewoods.com
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What are you using for the piercing? If it's a Dremel type (max 30,000
RPM), then you should look around for a used dental air turbine. They're
the same basic device as some of the name brand wood piercing tools, but
cheaper, and so much faster than the Dremel, plus it cuts cleaner.
Depending on model and air pressure, you can get up into the 500,000 RPM
range, so you can get 10 cuts during the same time as the Dremel cuts
once. Really reduces sanding time.

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX.