Foredom Quick Release AGAIN
Someone mentioned about having a Foredom Quick release handset (not sure if its on this forum though) slipping when using pressure, and someone said if you follow the instructions on the Foredom website you can tighten it yourself. So as I have been having problems with it for a long time, you can pull out the burr quite easily, I decided to "have a go" at tightening it. The instructions as far as I understand says " undo the black tip and take out the felt washer, get the allen key and put it in the end, half a turn anti clockwise and then get a pair of pliers and tighten the nib end. Well there is only the shaft and the "nib" is less than quarter of an inch long, anyway I couldnt move it either way. Has anyone had this problem or knows how to fix it. There isnt really anywhere I can take it down here, miles from anywhere.
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Instructions for Foredom H20
Here are the instructions snipped from the original sheet posted by Peter. I hope you can print them in a large enough size to read easily. If nothing is happening, then the possibilities are:
1. The pliers are not gripping. Or
2. The allen key is worn, or the wrong size, because you should feel that something is turning. That said, what the allen key does, is to lock the collet after it has been adjusted to its best position. The best position is when a burr will go in a little tightly, but still comfortably, with the lever open.
3. Or it could be that the collet or the lock screw are faulty, in which case you need to replace them, but this is hardly likely with a newish handpiece.. Dennis.