Hi all,
So as I posted on the Santa thread, I got a lovely little Foredom Micromotor 1070 kit for Christmas. I had my first play today, burring a seat in a scrap tube setting, and have some questions if I may
1) Is there an ideal speed for burring? I started quite slow and I could feel the motor slowing down a bit as it cut. Is that normal? It won't hurt the handpiece? When I tried faster it didn't do that but the metal heated up quickly and it seemed a lot less controllable.
2) Possibly a question for Caroline (or anyone else who has one of these) - is there anything u shouldn't use it for? The manual concerned me slightly saying to use it for 'light detailing' and polishing only, so I was a bit uncertain how careful I needed to be. For example can I use it to drill small holes (like for a flush setting) etc?
3) does anyone have a favourite lubricant for burrs? I had been using cooking oil (and turning them by hand) but again the foredom says don't get oil anywhere near it, so I wondered if switching to burr life or wax would be better?
4) and finally a question possibly for Sarah - you recommended using a hart burr same size as stone to cut notches in all claws at once for a claw setting - to do that do you position the burr first, then spin up the burr, or lower the burr into the setting already spinning? I read it was bad to start the burr turning already in contact with the metal, but I can't figure out how else u would do it... :s.
Many thanks everyone in advance, in case it's not obvious I'm rather nervous about doing something wrong now I've finally got the little thing!
Faith
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