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Has anyone tried using one of these?

And you really don't want to know what steam sterilization does to the operating parts inside of those little turbines, either.

My dentist has almost opened up a sideline of rebuilding handpiece heads - because the bearings are going bad so fast, and it's rather expensive if you send them in for service. He bought the repair bench tooling, a pile of spare parts, and a bag of replacement bearings...

It's scary - I walk in there to talk teeth, and end up talking tech.

I like him - he knows what he /doesn't/ know, and calls people like me when things break and it's not a simple DIY job. Like to repair the totally botched and abandoned (the ex-contractor is in Texas) panel change job for the hair salon at the other end of his building.

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Reply to
Bruce L. Bergman
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I have one like it that I got from Enco. Used it today to clean up a small aluminum weld.

Hint: these things really like Kroil for lube. I give it about a half-second shot right into the air line. When I run it, the speed increases quite markedly when the Kroil reaches the turbine.

Reply to
Don Foreman

Oh, that would make more sense. I was thinking of something like a store credit card(target, home depot, et al).

I personally do the Discover thing. I like cash back. I use the card for absolutely everything(I even have most of my utilities auto-pay through the card). At 1-10% cash back, I end up with nearly a free month every year. It's amazing how much it adds up to at the end of the year.

JW

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jw

I bought what appears to be the same thing from Enco. Works great. Lower are requirements [compared to my 1.4 die grinder] is a plus. Try using this to grind hook rather than back rake in your lather tools, esp. cutters for boring bars. With a small stone you can get much more back rake and many times good chip breaking action, or at least a good tight curl.

GmcD

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F. George McDuffee

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