I'm looking at Foredom hand grinders for small delicate wood carving. The
one with the drive cable and small handpiece. I have also seen others. I
want a high quality long lasting unit.

Any advice on brand names? Features to get/stay away from?

Steve

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I'm looking at Foredom hand grinders for small delicate wood carving. The
one with the drive cable and small handpiece. I have also seen others. I
want a high quality long lasting unit.

Any advice on brand names? Features to get/stay away from?

Steve

"SteveB" wrote in message
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I'm looking at Foredom hand grinders for small delicate wood carving. The
one with the drive cable and small handpiece. I have also seen others. I
want a high quality long lasting unit.

Any advice on brand names? Features to get/stay away from?

Go pneumatic if you can afford it, Those turbine-power jobs whisk the wood
away rather than hack and bounce.

George wrote:

"SteveB" wrote in message
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I'm looking at Foredom hand grinders for small delicate wood carving. The
one with the drive cable and small handpiece. I have also seen others. I
want a high quality long lasting unit.

Any advice on brand names? Features to get/stay away from?


Go pneumatic if you can afford it, Those turbine-power jobs whisk the wood
away rather than hack and bounce.


Air powered grinders can suck even a 30 gallon tank dry in nothing flat.
Be sure to have plenty of cfm. My 30 gallon sears unit gets hotter
than hell when I run a die grinder. Every other air powered tool I've
got (except for the 2 drills) use a small fraction of the volume of air
needed for the grinder.

Dave

In article ,
David wrote:

Go pneumatic if you can afford it, Those turbine-power jobs whisk the wood
away rather than hack and bounce.


Air powered grinders can suck even a 30 gallon tank dry in nothing flat.
Be sure to have plenty of cfm. My 30 gallon sears unit gets hotter
than hell when I run a die grinder. Every other air powered tool I've
got (except for the 2 drills) use a small fraction of the volume of air
needed for the grinder.

David, I could be mistaken, but I believe George is referring to the
high-speed (350k - 500k rpm) dental air grinders. They retail about $300
to $500 - gee, what's that, about $1/1000 rpm? These need about 1-2cfm
at 45psi.

To name a couple:
http://www.turbocarver.com/
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/cg...ction&key=139-
0100
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