It’s
true—except that I
don’t have the stomach for gross stuff or bad breath. And while I won’t be
attending dental school in this lifetime, I do feel like a dentist with my new
rotary tool! Rrrrrrrrr!!!!! ZZZZZZZZrrrrrrrrr!!!!
When
it comes to this adventure in Art Clay Silver making, I seem to be bumping into
walls and breaking through—one karate chop at a time. After working my fingers
into painful cramps with small pieces of sandpaper and having some difficulty
with small crevices, I determined that some kind of tool to accomplish this
least favorite task of mine was in order.
Enter
the Foredom Flexshaft SR.
I
gave
it a test run this afternoon after setting up a little workstation in
the
garage and it made short work of my sanding task. I was pleasantly
surprised by
the limited amount of dust it kicked up—but I still wore my safety
goggles and dust mask as recommended by the manufacturer. I think
wetting the disk a bit would all but
eliminate most of the dust. Still—it’s enough of a mess that I don’t
want it in my clean working
area inside. If I can find a small operatory dental lab unit with a
filtration
system on the back, I think the safety/dust factor for silver sanding
would be
greatly improved.
I do loves me some tools!
