I am feeling really fed up :( Hubby as just bought me a Dremel with flexi shaft, and allthough thrilled with it at first, I have noticed that my bead holes are getting damaged.
Now I am wondering wether it is the Dremel that is two fast or is it because it is so awkward to start the dremel if you have a bead positioned on the end of the bur, and the flexi shaft in the other, its not easy to switch the thing on. The other way is to just have the thing running and hope you get the bead hole first time. ::)
Does anyone have a device to either hold the bead like a tiny vice? leaving hands free to control the speed and position the flexi shaft with the other hand, Or is there a way that you can slow the flexi shaft down that I have not yet found?
Any help would be great :) :)
i have a dremel and flex-shaft which i find fine but i don't use it on full speed and i put the bit in the bead hole after i turn it on
Quote from: Caroline on October 14, 2008, 09:16:14 PM
i have a dremel and flex-shaft which i find fine but i don't use it on full speed and i put the bit in the bead hole after i turn it on
Yep, me too. Only difference is that I use the beadreamer from artintheround with it, love it :D
i had one of those but o get the cheap bead reamers with the plastic handles and pull the handle off, it's just as good
Brilliant, thanks for the info :)
I have disected my plastic handled beadreamer and it works a treat :) :) :)
What a difference it makes :)
Thanks :) I'm a happy bunny now :)
We use a dremel with a diamond bit in the dremel workstation.
http://www.dremel-direct.com/acatalog/copy_of_Dremel_drill_stand.html (http://www.dremel-direct.com/acatalog/copy_of_Dremel_drill_stand.html)
It means that I have to hold the bead, but can put it in when the drill is not on then switch on, and then off. I've only had damage if I've been lazy and tried to put a bead in while the bit is running and misses slightly.
I am yet to try a polishing compound on a chopped down mandrel which is supposed to be very good for cleaning.
Cheers
Andrew
I use a dremmel with the flexi shaft, and I just keep it running if I'm honest, making sure I hit the target first time (most of the time!!)
I have found that it's easy to be a bit heavy handed, and sadly I've ruined quite a few beads by rushing the job but in the main it's been fine. I always have it on the slowest setting, but certain colours are definitely softer than others, pinks for instance I'm VERY careful with.
Quote from: andrew on October 19, 2008, 12:32:24 AM
It means that I have to hold the bead, but can put it in when the drill is not on then switch on, and then off. I've only had damage if I've been lazy and tried to put a bead in while the bit is running and misses slightly.
I do the same but use a cheapo Woolworths mini drill with accessories and a flexishaft bought at a boot sale for £5 together with a BeaDreamer (a couple of sizes) from Dave at http://www.artintheround.com/page4.html Swap the reamer according to the size of hole I want to clean. Since I'm using mostly the same size mandrels, it's no problem.
Life is so much cheaper if you haunt all the boot and jumble sales in your neighbourhood and are willing to take chances with electrical items. I've been lucky so far in that respect. Boys, when they turned 16 and still at school, used to work Sundays in burger bars at the Nevendon Boot sale near Basildon in Essex, see http://www.nevendonbootsale.com This necessitated me getting up at 4.30 am on the Sunday as one used to set up the bar for the owners in the mornings before the punters arrived at 6.30am You might have seen this boot sale on the TV show, Boot Sale Challenge.