and, if so, was it worth it?

It would have been nice to state *what* the object was (as itturns out -- a micro die grinder), so I (and others) could not botherchasing down the link if we had not ever used one of the devices (as Ihave not). Just a few more words would have saved me from having to startmy web browser to check -- or I could have just ignored the question, asI was tempted to do. (No -- not everybody reads newsgroups using abrowser, so they don't have one already active. :-) Now to sit back and see whether anyone *does* answer in thepositive, or whether they ignore the question instead of following yourlink. Enjoy, DoN.

Has anyone tried using one of these?

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Bruce L. Bergman 21 years ago

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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Don Foreman 21 years ago

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.

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jw 21 years ago

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.

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F. George McDuffee 21 years ago

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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