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    Unhappy Pendant Drill

    Hi
    Can anyone recommend a good pendant drill?
    I am on my 2nd one now. While nothing wrong with the motor, the hand tightened hand-piece will not hold burrs securely and they slip down which is annoying to say the least!
    Is the Foredom snap in any good? I've noticed a lot of people seem to use them.
    Thank you
    Theresa

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    I have this exact problem - except the burrs don't only slip. They come free of the drill completely and fire across the room.
    I'm hoping for a new one for Christmas before I take an eye out!!

    I'm having trouble deciding between a foredom micro motor and the Milbro with a quick change hand piece.
    Does the Foredom have a model number- I couldn't find the "snap"?

    I found this link. Not sure if it's useful?
    http://www.suttontools.co.uk/vtr-for...dant-drill-kit
    Last edited by Lucie; 12-11-2013 at 11:12 AM.

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    Before you change get someone to take your existing tool to bits in case the chuck/collet can be tightened. Or do it yourself, why not? All the respectable makes such as Foredom have this facility, of course. Dennis.

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    Is it just the hand piece that you're both having a problem with??

    if so, take it into your local supplier, it may well be that the collet needs adjusting, I have a foredom quick release handset and had a similar problem, I could not sort it and in desperation took it on to Cousins (where I had bought it from, when they were in Birmingham), they sorted it, showed me how to adjust it and it's a doddle now!!

    (....and money saved to spend on other goodies!!)

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    I've got a Milbro and a Foredom. They both have quick release handpieces. I think I prefer the Milbro but that's probably because I'm more used to it.

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    I had this problem a year or so ago. Someone who lives in France and is banned from this forum now told me to email foredom in america and complain, every time I used it as a drill it just stopped turning. After a few emails back and forth they sent me a chuck handpiece for nothing. My daughter had the same problem and they sent her one too. Strange they did t tell me you could tighten them. Come one Dennis you are good at explaining things it would save me a bit of agro if I could use the quick release all the time and just use the chuck one for bigger things. Pleeeeeease.



    Quote Originally Posted by Lucie View Post
    I have this exact problem - except the burrs don't only slip. They come free of the drill completely nd fire across the room.
    I'm hoping for a new one for Christmas before I take an eye out!!

    I'm having trouble deciding between a foredom micro motor and the Milbro with a quick change hand piece.
    Does the Foredom have a model number- I couldn't find the "snap"?

    I found this link. Not sure if it's useful?
    http://www.suttontools.co.uk/vtr-for...dant-drill-kit

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patstone View Post
    I had this problem a year or so ago. Someone who lives in France and is banned from this forum now told me to email foredom in america and complain, every time I used it as a drill it just stopped turning. After a few emails back and forth they sent me a chuck handpiece for nothing. My daughter had the same problem and they sent her one too. Strange they did t tell me you could tighten them. Come one Dennis you are good at explaining things it would save me a bit of agro if I could use the quick release all the time and just use the chuck one for bigger things. Pleeeeeease.
    Peter posted instructions on how to adjust the handpiece, I did point that out to you at the time you said you had the problem http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/sho...?t=3649&page=3. The instructions sorted my handpiece problem out and it's worked fine since.

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    I don't actually have a Foredom Pat, I have a micromotor now, and each handpiece over the years has had its own method of adjustment: some with a spanner and some with a tool like a screwdriver with a gap in the centre.

    All I ever did was take off the outer sleeve and work out how it was done, because I could never find the instructions by the time they were needed. If you can't do it yourself, maybe you know someone who is good at adjusting gadgets. Dennis.

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    Thank you everyone, certainly enough food for thought here!
    I bought my pendant from Axminster Tools, their own make, so I will now phone them and see what they have to say.
    Last edited by theresa; 14-11-2013 at 01:54 PM.

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    Let us know how you get on Theresa!!

    Tabby xx

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