[TheForge] Gloat (Re: Knife insanity)

[Lynn Emrich]

Mike,
Just ask your dentist to save his old burrs. They are
sharp enough to work well with wood or metal after he
(or she) throws them in the trash. My brother, the
dentist, saves his old ones for me to use.
How about tradeing one of your surplus units? What do
you need that I have extra of?
Lynn

--- Mike Spencer <mspencer at tallships.ca> wrote:

<snip>
> I'm the happy owner of half a dozen "shiney-jingly
> things", dentist's
> drills, the old kind with the articulated arm and
> all those pulleys
> for a braided string belt.  The local Buy & Sell guy
> was tossing the
> drills onto the scrap heap and selling the AC/DC
> motors fo $20.  I
> bought three motors and he gave me all the drills.
> 
> Eat your heart out, Dremel Moto-Tool, with your
> weak, wobbly,
> loosening collet chuck and clunky grip.  Hello
> industrial grade hand
> piece.
> 
> I only have one belt and had to buy the speed
> control from Singer for
> $18.  And I'll have to buy a few 3/32"-shank stones
> and burrs -- C$30
> for a nice set.  But the thing works slick, the
> burrs don't loosen up
> with the risk of speeding steel in the face, you can
> hold it like a
> pencil.  Just gotta keep your hair outen the pulleys
> -- that little
> motor is torquey enough to pull out a nice, big
> scalp divot.
> 
> 
> And now back to your regularly scheduled
> conflicts....
> 
> - Mike



	
		
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