Lubricating Dremel flexible shaft ????

[FINGERS]

I'm the carver in Tampa. sorry you got mis-lead, I'm calling in the discussion to Dremel today, they are more professional and will probsbly with their tech's. Maintenance is a must for power tools, lub shafts at least once a year, check brushes for wear and if high end user, replace them yearly and blow the dust from ports and around collick while you have you dust mask on.

Originally Posted by susieq

How odd..... a good friend of mine used to demo for Dremel at tools shows in the Tampa bay area. He is also one of the finest power carvers I've ever known. He always lubed the shaft and recommended it to me. But that was a few years ago. It could be that something has changed, I guess. Who in Dremel, did you speak to? Was it a service tech?

I don't lube any of my shafts as often as I should. It's probably been at least a year since I did any of them. Usually get a wild hair and decide to lube all of them as a project for the day but it's long over due. Time to grow a wild hair again....

[susieq]

I just lubed the shaft on my Foredom a few days ago because the handpiece was heating up....too hot to hold. I realized I hadn't lubed the shaft in a while and figured that was the problem. Well, it wasn't.

But in a conversation with a friend of mine, who is a Foredom representative, I learned that if you put too much lube on the shaft and it gets down into the handpiece, that will also cause the handpiece to heat up big time.

In my case, it seems the bearings in my old #44 handpiece, are probably shot. So am trying to decide whether to send it in to Foredom for new bearings or just buy a new handpiece..... this one is over 15 years old and I've used it hard.
Friend suggested that it might be cheaper just to buy a new handpiece.

I am assuming that it's not a good idea to get the lube/grease down into a Dremel handpiece either.....

[Dagwood]

for what its worth i work part time at a woodworking/carving store and have seen that foredom does not ship the replacement shafts pre lubbed any more, these came pre lubber several months ago. dont know if this is good or bad?