Making the Most of Your Flex-shaft

By Karen Christians

The flex-shaft is an essential tool for the bench, and jewelers will often have several at hand. But too often those jewelers don't know how to take full advantage of the flex-shaft's capabilities.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971349568
• ISBN13: 9780971349568
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: MJSA Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A long overdue book

For those of you who write that the information in this book is included with your Flex Shaft instructions I say you are crazy. 30 minutes ago I opened the box of my new Flex Shaft (SR) with 84 tools and found the information to use all those tools on 1 and 1/2 pages of a small pamphlet. This is an example of a description: "Unique V stones have extra hard and long lasting vitrified aluminum oxide and ceramic grain with a special glass bead binder that make them extremely long lasting, cool running and very aggressive - 40 to 60 grit. They work on the same materials as CeramicCut Blue Stones, but much more aggressively." I have no idea how that is going to help me to know when and on what material I should use that tool. There are not even pictures for me to know which name matches what tool. Thank goodness Karen Christians has written a book long overdue.

Great book

This book is excellent! It shows exactly which head is used for which purpose, and it explains everything in detail. A great book, and I am very grateful that I bought it.

Don't Wait - Buy This Book

I have been using a Foredom for years...I finally know how...thanks to Karen Christians! I can't wait to see an updated edition with all the new 3m products. Robyn

Who knew

Wow, so many more uses for my flexshaft that I didn't realize. Easy to read. Well done.

A useful tool

I've been taking metalsmithing classes for a couple of years and for most of that time I've been nagging my instructor for a primer on the flex shaft and all those wheels & burs, only to be told I'll let you know which accessories to use for your project. I was thrilled to see the teasers that this book was being written and ordered it as soon as it was available. I was taken aback a bit when I saw the book for the first time, it's a physically small book, and I judged the book by it's...size. However, as the adage goes you really can't judge a book by its [size], it's a great book! Plus, {duh} it's the perfect size for the bench. All those mysterious wheels, burs, brushes, mandrels are thoroughly explained along with maintenance procedures and how to use the attachments that are available. I'm finally getting some real use out of my flex shaft.