[Jewelry making - Article 00725] - Re: [Orchid] Right-Left handed folks!

[Trevor F]

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>         ... I'm wondering: are there any "traditional" flex shaft
>     machines (i.e. not in the upper stratosphere, price-wise) that
>     offer reversible rotations? If so, can you or can anyone else on
>     the list point me in their direction? 

    Douglas, Foredom offers (offered?) a reversible model called the SR
    (0.9 amp motor, don't know what the works out to in horsepower). I
    have one and love it. I tend to do a fair bit of toolmaking and
    being able to reverse for certain handheld grinding operations is of
    great value to me. When I bought mine 2 years ago it was about 10-15%
    more expensive than the regular Foredoms. 

    I understand this model has been discontinued but I know they are
    still widely available. All the replaceable parts are common to
    other standard Foredoms so if you can get one the "discontinued"
    business is probably of little consequence. 

Cheers,
Trevor F.


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