Foredom® Buying Guide

Join Shane Hendren as he discusses Foredom® flex shafts, handpieces and controllers to help you find the best one for your needs. Shane starts with the motors and explains the tasks they’re best suited for and the specs of each. He then talks about the controllers for each before finishing with the variety of handpieces available.

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00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Foredom Motors
03:14 - Speed Controllers
05:13 - Foredom Handpiece
08:54 - Outro

[blackmosman]

The best explanation of foredom units i have found. :)

[sandmaker]

Good information and presented well. Thank you. 😷⚒

[LJay-pvlm]

Can I use the manual remote to turn the flex shaft on? Or do I need the foot pedal too

[simonchambi]

En La Paz Bolivia donde lo encuentro????O no existe no hay???

[simonchambi]

En La Paz Bolivia donde puede ver y comprar

[ercolemar]

Can i use a tx industrial flex shaft on a sx moter? Thank you

[OmnivorousOne]

The TX drive that comes with the square drive. Can you swap out the shaft to change it to a key drive?

[mayfieldca]

Do Foredom not do the engraving configuration anymore?

[markrouse]

TX, two models, same label with absolutely no common sense in the name designations with one having more in common with SR and the other not so much.