Foredom’s wide assortment of rotary accessories
makes your flexible shaft power tool very versatile.
Use it for grinding, sanding, carving, engraving,
brushing, cutting, buffing, and polishing on virtually
any material. The Foredom Accessory Catalog of-
fers the right accessories for your specific
applications. Accessories may be purchased from
your local dealer or directly from Foredom.
Always let the speed of the power tool
do the work.
Avoid forcing the tool or applying too
much pressure.
Experience will help you choose the right speed for
the work you are doing. It’s always a good idea to
practice on a scrap piece of the same material you
plan to use to determine the best accessories
and speeds.
Always follow the manufacturer’s RPM or speed
recommendations when selecting accessories.
Your motor is supplied with a variable speed
control that allows you to operate it at the most
suitable speed for each job. The motor has a
maximum speed rating of 18,000 RPM.
Always use an accessory which has the same
or a higher speed rating than your tool.
Using an accessory with a lower speed rating
can result in serious injury.
Rotary Accessories and Motor Rotation:
Running the motor in forward and reverse can
help to extend the life of mounted abrasive points,
Typhoon
®
burs, buffs, and brushes.
Use only the forward motor direction for fluted
burs and cutters. Most will cut efficiently only when
turning in this direction.
Abrasive Points, Wheels, and Discs
Use Aluminum Oxide (red color) for fast cutting
on high-tensile, tough materials such as steel and
malleable iron. Also use on glass and porcelain, etc.
Aluminum Oxide (white color) points have an ex-
tremely fine grit for producing a fine, high finish on
high-tensile materials including stainless steel and
glass. Rubber Bonded Abrasive Wheels are used
for removing rust and for polishing with various
grits. For best results, use finer grits for finishing
at high speeds and coarser grits for stock removal
at lower speeds. Abrasive Discs are for grinding,
smoothing, and cleaning glass, high speed steel,
and other tough materials.
Ruby Carvers have ruby crystals firmly bonded to
a metal frame. These long lasting abrasives provide
a smooth finish on hard materials such as steel,
porcelain, glass, acrylic, soft and precious metals
and wood.
General Accessory Recommendations
Scotch-Brite
TM
Radial Bristle Discs from 3M have
thin flexible plastic bristles that get into hard to
reach areas on flat and curved surfaces. Use on
metal, acrylic, plaster, ceramics and wood without
the need for compounds. These long lasting
abrasives come in many size diameters and grits.
Unique CeramCut Blue Stones are made from a
mixture of special man-made ceramic grain and
aluminum oxide bonded together. The ceramic
provides a faster cutting action and is more durable
so burs hold their shape longer than standard abra-
sives. They are ideal for use on any hard metal such
as steel, stainless steel, chrome cobalt, platinum
and titanium, as well as on wood. Unique V Stones
have extra hard and long lasting vitrified aluminum
oxide and ceramic grain with a special glass bead
binder that makes them extremely long lasting,
cool running and very aggressive — 40 to 60 grit.
They work on the same materials as CeramCut Blue
Stones, but much more aggressively.
Unique CW Ceramic Impregnated Polishing
Wheels are used for smoothing and polishing pre-
cious metals including platinum, gold, and silver.
They also work on titanium, chrome cobalt, and all
hard alloys. Wheels are 7/8
″
in diameter and come
in six grits.
Burs and Cutters
Vanadium Steel Cutters are suitable for all materials
except hardened steel and glass. They are used for
cutting grooves and countersinking in soft materials,
carving and hollowing woods, slotting and grooving
woods, plastics, etc. Steel Cutters are good for shap-
ing, grooving, slotting and cutting in wood, plastic and
soft metals. Use Carbide Burs on wood, plastic and
tough alloys. Carbide is generally referred to as the
“hardest man-made metal”.
High Speed Fluted Burs are used for fine detailing
work on metal and other hard materials. Generally use
medium speeds for stock removal and higher speeds
for finishing work and when using smaller points.
Cut-Off Wheels are used to cut off, groove, and trim
metal, wood and ceramics.
Unique Typhoon
®
Carbide Burs provide very fast and
aggressive material removal. Made for use on soft
and hard woods, diestone, and plastics (do not use
Typhoon burs on metal). They have aligned teeth that
leave a smoother finish than other types of non-fluted
tungsten carbide burs.
Duragrit
®
Carbides are coated with tungsten carbide
grit. Edges stay sharp and are thin enough for
cut-off applications.
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