How good is the FOREDOM SR? Let's get the Pendant Motor running!
Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль
Let´s get this Pendant Motor running!
Got some money left! Let´s buy this Foredom SR and see what we can do with this pendant motor.
In this video I share my experience as a beginner in silversmithing and opal jewelry making. I take you with me on the journey from outboxing, installment and finally on some work steps, forming, stonesetting and polishing.
Maybe you heard of this Fordeom SR flexshaft pendant motor, which is a highly recommended tool for making jewelry. You may find it is a quiet expensive rotary tool but at some points you may also think a dremel tool or something else will not do „the job“. In my case I recognized, that the dremel is not powerfull enough to grind away metal or to polish with a constant speed. Also think for opal cutting I need a high quality pendant motor to get the best result. Anyway, I bought this Foredom SR with flexshaft and this nice quick release handpiece to upgrade my small home workspace.
As always i try to add some more serious informations in this description:
Safety first:
- Wear eye protection and mask (best advise is a respirator and not a mask like I use)
Foredom SR Pendant motor:
- The Fordeom SR is very heavy, so pay attention, that you fix it correctly. A motor hanger should be your first choice, otherwise you can hang it with a hook on the wall like I did. Works very well but use large srews to fix the hook!
- The pendant motor can „jump“ a bit when you turn it on with the footpanel, so also take care, that it cannot „jump“ from the hook like a fish… or whatever :D
- The Foredom SR has a forward and reverse rotation direction. NEVER NEVER NEVER change the direction while the motor is running. That can destroy this expensive pendant motor.
- The Motor needs enough space around itself, because the motor will heat up a bit and you don´t want to risk overheating it.
- Take care of the Foredom also in future, cause you have to clean it sometimes from dust and after 50hours of working/running time you have to lubricate the shaft with the lubricationpaste that should be included in all the Foredom SR kits
- NEVER put the Motor direct on the electricity. You must have a speedcontrol between the Pendant motor and the socket.
Foredom foot panel speed control:
- The Foredom SR comes regularly with this foot panel speed control which is very sensitive. Before get startet on complicated jewelry projects, you want to get a feeling to control the speed of your rotary tool.
- With the foot panel you should be able to do the jewelry making jobs. If you need a constant speed like for stone cutting it seems not be possible to have a good control. Check out, if you need an extra speed control, like i show in the video.
- That low budget installment I built is not recommended but may help you out, if are on low budget like I am. It´s just not save, because there´s not a possibility to stop the rotation quickly…so this is on own risk ;)
Foredom quick release Handpiece H20 (for jewelry making):
- Connect it tot he shaft correctly. In the owners manual you´ll find the right way to do this. I really cannot explain how to do this :D
- Be sure to buy the right hand piece. Foredom has so many of them and you should inform yourself before buying the wrong one. In my case I wanted this quick release system for jewelry making.
- The Foredom handpiece H.20 is for use ONLY with 3/32″ (2.35mm) shank burs.
Fordeom jewelers accessory assortment kit
- The organizer is very nice to…organize all your jewelry rotary burs
- Help me out to use all of these jewelers accessories :D
- You better search for serious informations on the foredom product videos ;)
I share all my experience, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask and I try to give you some serious informations, if i can :D
And I like to put the link here to get to the flex shaft tools:
www.foredom.net/product-categ...
There you should also find some good videos to nearly all products. Watched a couple of them and found them quiet informative.
THANKS for watching, commenting, everything!!!!
0:00 Intro
0:31 Outboxing
1:54 CATS and DOGS
3:23 Installment - Hacks
6:46 Working with the Foredom
Пікірлер: 61
Thanks for watching guys!!! Leave a like, comment, sub pls! Appreciate your support! 🙏🙏🙏
@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks
Жыл бұрын
@opal badger Great cat interruptions!!! I'm confused why you were drilling without water for keeping the bits from getting hot (which can then cause cracks in the stones)? But, I DID enjoy and appreciate the video
You have honestly given me hope not only for lapidary and gem cutting possibilities but knowing that someone else out there can spend an entire day making up characters and laugh even when alone is so exciting for me because ive been so isolated or watered down. Thank you!❤
@opalbadger9367
6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for these words 🙏! That is making me very happy! Go on, have fun and enjoy the wonderful world of gemstones
Really liked your video, especially the pedal solution, great stuff!!
File, sand, and polish your setting before setting a soft stone like an opal. If you slip, you will scratch the stone. Setting the stone should be the very last step. I hope this is helpful. I know not everyone gets the chance to take classes. Also, if you are using metal polishing compound on a hydrophane (usually Ethiopian) opal, there are high chances that the oils in the compound will oxidize and make the opal turn yellow over time.
😂 so much to love! So many little gemstones throughout this vid …. The hands at 1.31 🤣🤣🤣. This is really good - keep doing it 👍
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Happy, that you like it!! Always sitting here and ask myself, if I can put this or this or maybe more cats at some parts of the video. When it works and the video makes people laughing, I am very very happy 😊
Thanks. That brightened up my day.
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your words!! Appreciate that a lot!!! 🙃
Great stuff m8
@opalbadger9367
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Samuel!! Great to read your comment! 🙃 🙏
Please make more jewelry making videos. They are soo nice. Im also starting my jewlery business... your videos are so encouraging...
@opalbadger9367
Жыл бұрын
Hey there 🙂, Wow! Thanks for the good words!! I will do some more when I find the time, energie and creativity. Thats not easy sometimes 😅. I wish you all the best for your Start!!!
Kitties 😍
Yeah, wieder ein gelungenes video, das man sich gerne anschaut - weiter so 😀
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Danke Bruder!!! Sehr geil, dass es dir gefällt!
Great results mister! Keep it going
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mister!!!!! More stupid ideas are already in my mind 😉
That dog snarled at you before you pat it lol. This video was very creative.
@opalbadger9367
Жыл бұрын
Thank you !!! I love all the dogs and cats in the world
Lol this vid was so funny 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@opalbadger9367
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Sara! I'm happy it made you feel like that 😊
the force is strong in you 💣
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Brudi!!!
Bueno Camino!
@opalbadger9367
Жыл бұрын
Thank you my friend 🤩
Wunderbar! Ich hoffe, dass ich eines Tages einen Foredom bekommen kann.
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Roy! Means really a lot to me! May the Foredom also be with you 😉
Just interesting and so funny... I love your videos 🌹🙏🙌👌👌👌
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this!!!! 🙃 Always happy to reach people with the content 🙏
Also, check out videos on how to flush set so you can learn to hold the tool in a way that gives you more control. You should have your thumbs locked or a finger on the piece to stabilize. If I could remember which video it is, I would just tell you, but I am almost certain it was on a flush setting video, perhaps by estona. If I come across it again, I will post it for you.
Bester schlangen beschwörer :)
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Danke Henno! Bester Zuschauer 🙏
I love ❤️ 😍 your video l need this drill for my jewellery
Mit den Worten des großen Borat: very nice, very nice. I like it !
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
😂 😂 😂
Nice video
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! 🙏🙏🙏
Lol you! Thanks. Yay flexshaft!🎉 Next upgrade could be a speed regulator for it😉. Then a hammer handpiece.
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Yay!!! 🙃 Need that speedcontrol! If I had the money for all the nice stuff, I would buy really everything 😅
Please post a link to the level with the vices you used on the pedal or what they are called. I have the SAME issue with my prodigy pedal which is exactly the same as that pedal, and using some kind of vice like you did was my theoretical solution, but I've never seen anything like these. For the 100 or 120 I paid for the prodigy, it is quite DECENT except for the lack of speed control and I have thought about buying a foredom pedal for it, but I'd rather not do that after seeing this video.
I just got mine ordered a blue one and got the red one ? Do you know the difference because ,I don't want to find out if its the wrong one ? Thank you !
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Oleg! I can't help you out here, cause I really don't know about any difference between them. Was asking myself the same question. I'm sorry
@tommytitmouse
2 жыл бұрын
@@opalbadger9367 Blue is rated to work on the 115 v like on the USA electricity usage system, and Red is working on 230 v for UK type of Electricity usage
@tommytitmouse
2 жыл бұрын
Blue is rated to work on the 115 v like on the USA electricity usage system, and Red is working on 230 v for UK type of Electricity usage
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
@@tommytitmouse thanks for this! 🙃 🙏 Think few more guys won't know the difference, when they just see the color 😅. It's like the blue and the red pill in the Movie Matrix you know 😄😄
@tommytitmouse
2 жыл бұрын
@@opalbadger9367 No problem , just happy to help because it could be a costly mistake if the wrong voltage is purchased ,so I made an extra effort to find why there were two colours ,and that's what Foredom tell you in the technical info so I didn`t end up blowing my head off my shoulders. LoL
Looks like a nice tool wich reqires a bit of skill to handle. Would like to see your improvements with this machine. Mushroom Mushroom
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Jewelry crafting lvl200 is the goal 😅
I didn’t get the Foredom magazine!
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
That's a cheekiness 😅, everybody should get the same stuff. In my case I didn't get an original foredom box. And the handpiece looked, like it was used before. But anyway, a great machine, that I never want to miss for jewelry making
@AT-gu8by
2 жыл бұрын
@@opalbadger9367 I will be setting it up and trying it out today.
There is NO Excuse for the foredom foot pedal to be like that. My cheap flex shaft has a crappy pedal like that, and the foredom pedal my jewelry teacher had was not a crappy piece of plastic like that. You have NO CONTROL on pedals with play in them. Make them send you a new one. If that one sucks, make them send you another new one.
@opalbadger9367
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Andrea! 🙃 First of all: thank you thousand times for taking all the time to give me these informations about things I propably would learn in a hard way in worst case with risking my health 😣😣😣. I don't know where to start with answering but will do this. Right now I'm a bit busi with private life so when I get back to work I will definitely give much attention to your hints and Tipps! Again big thank you for watching my videos and all the comments ❤️❤️❤️
😂😂😂😂😂 What is wrong with you, WTF... I've had to restart the video so many times to rewatch the intro 😂😂😂😂😂.
Shocking review. Fail