I am a woman who appreciates the value of tools. I’m fairly certain that my father helped to instill that appreciation. And I feel like Tim the Tool Man Taylor…it’s Tool Time for Kathleen. Here’s my new baby, the SR Series from Foredom. This one even has a reversible speed! Whooo Whooo….or maybe I should try that famous grunt from the TV show? Any way you look at it, I am the proud owner of a beautiful new power tool that will give me years of service.
The Foredom is a Flex Shaft Power Tool that has a variety of attachments. This one is on special through the month of October from our local supplier, Naja Tools. It has a nice tool kit of attachments included too. Bonus! Lexi just happened to be in their shop and saw this gem, called me, and the next thing you know, this bad boy is in my arsenal of prized tools! I had a dremel and that does the job, but when you need more power (insert grunt here), well, the Foredom delivers.
I will use this for polishing, buffing, bringing pieces up to a high polish, drilling, and I’m sure to discover more uses too. I’m terribly excited about this new addition.
For all the dog lovers out there, as I was assembling this at my bench tonight, all three bassets were present and supervising. Newton was directly underfoot and made it quite challenging at times. What would I do without basset supervision? 🙂
Continuing to aspire to be more as an artist and a person!
8 comments
October 20, 2009 at 4:06 am
Sandy Cahill Johnson
(grunting) Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh!
I love my Foredom flex shaft! I’ve no doubt you’ll love your’s too 🙂
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October 20, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Kathleen Krucoff
LOL! Too cute Sandy!. I know you understand where I’m coming from on this. Such fun.
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October 20, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Lexi Erickson
Oh yeah….grunt grunt grunt! More power. I love mine, but as you know, I hardly use any electricity when making my jewelry, but my two sure look sophisticated hanging next to my bench. But when you really need them, nothing else will do. Next we need to get you the Lucas foot pedal, which will allow you to go 3RPM if you need to, and some times you do. It’s available from Tevel at Allcraft Tools.
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October 20, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Kathleen Krucoff
Hey Lexi!
I know, you do a lot of hand work on your jewelry and I’m learning that process from you! Yay! Yes, I think the Lucas foot pedal will be on my Christmas wish list….I’ll let you and Dan coordinate with Tevel to keep me surprised! 😀
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October 21, 2009 at 4:34 am
shay2
Oooohhh… Congratulations! I’ve lusted after one of these, but have yet to really need one yet.
Have fun with your new tool:)
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October 21, 2009 at 11:48 am
Kathleen Krucoff
Hi Shay!
I was going to wait, but when Foredom came out with the promotion this month on this model and the kit that is included… I just couldn’t resist. I am having fun with it! Thanks.
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October 21, 2009 at 7:43 am
Don
Well, with Basset supervision you were bound to get it done right… Congrats on the new toy – oops, I mean tool.
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October 21, 2009 at 11:49 am
Kathleen Krucoff
Hey Don!
Yes, everything goes better with Basset supervision. 😀
And you are right, it does feel like a new toy…. even though it truly is a great tool. 😉
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