[Jewelry making - Article 00591] - Re: [Orchid] Greasing a Foredom flex shaft

[Silver Mouse]

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>        You folks started talking about Foredom problems, and now mine
>     is acting up. The shaft (*not* the motor) is making a sort of
>     gurgling noise, as if something is either loose or stuck inside. 

    It sounds like a problem that developed in my Foredom after about a
    year of use...the setscrews that attach the inner flexshaft to the
    motor had worked loose. Under a load the motor shaft would spin
    faster than the flexshaft, rumbling over the loose set screws. 


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