Hi, very nice explanation i will be getting a knockoff foredom myself and saw the negativity about the pedal. I also wonder why you did not add a little bit of grease on the sliding part of the switch, so there is less resistance from the housing. Perhaps aswell a smidge of grease on the two metal levers. Have a great day :) I keep rewatching you playing with the switches to get an understanding of the problem ps: What if you stretch the main foot spring a bit? Perhaps the increased resistance may increase your control. perhaps sanding or backside of the full throttle metal switch, might help delaying the instant powercurve, dunno have to get my hands on it myself for now thank you and I am excited for receiving and adjusting the " Foredom" Have you in the meantime found a different solution?
Still have this set up, It's good for my work. You can get a replacement switch for about $17.00. Grease is great! I believe less tension on spring to be better, but stretching could make you press harder, making it a smooth transition. Alternatives out there could be a sewing machine pedal, probably not. A dimmer switch, but it would have to be the right one and would be adgustable by hand, not foot. Could be a good addition. Lastly, I have seen a professional version for around $130.00, but that's the price for the machine! I purchased.
The power surge happens because of the design. At the higher speed. The dimming portion will top out and get superseded by a secondary switch, which is just on/off. So you lose fine control at higher speed. There is no way around this. But as mentioned, it really has not been a problem when it comes to that. I'm using this setup for fixing small stuff and jewelry work. I also get to play with a small $900.00 dental hand tool at work. It's not as aggressive by far. But the control without a hard cable is a real plus. Really it all depends on what you need it for.
@@moonolyth I just received the flexshaft its from a brand called Vevor and its 380W. The footpedal seems to be of the same quality as yours yet the switch has a different design. Similar to yours on the low RPM band it has some issues. So i took it apart and looked at the switch. It is comprised of a double spring design and double switch opposit from each other, the switch seems to be "stuck" in place so i opted to go for some grease and see the result. After added some motorcycle chain grease, teflon based. Onto the metal connectors where it rubs the switch and the plastic housing and then " rubbing" it in it seemed to go much smoother. For the main spring i'm not gonna bother stretching it as it needs some force already to move. Tested it and im a quite happy with the amount of control so im gonna leave it like this for now :) I will be using it for Porting engine components so mostly will be working on aluminium and plastic. Sadly they forgot to include the accessoire box so no real testing today :( Want to get started on cutting my air intakebox. Anyways did not axpect a response so thats very cool, wish you a great day and happy carving
I sure hope not.. It feels cheap to me. A decent one should have a full smooth swing on it. The actual switch is about $15 on line. And good replacements look to be around $100 or so.
A clamp helps much! I used two flat plates..knifes. and slipped one on eather side back and forth untill the tabs released. It has 2 each side. Be patient and they will pop out. Knifes are sharp!
Hi, very nice explanation i will be getting a knockoff foredom myself and saw the negativity about the pedal.
I also wonder why you did not add a little bit of grease on the sliding part of the switch, so there is less resistance from the housing.
Perhaps aswell a smidge of grease on the two metal levers.
Have a great day :) I keep rewatching you playing with the switches to get an understanding of the problem
ps: What if you stretch the main foot spring a bit? Perhaps the increased resistance may increase your control.
perhaps sanding or backside of the full throttle metal switch, might help delaying the instant powercurve, dunno have to get my hands on it myself for now thank you and I am excited for receiving and adjusting the " Foredom"
Have you in the meantime found a different solution?
Still have this set up, It's good for my work. You can get a replacement switch for about $17.00. Grease is great! I believe less tension on spring to be better, but stretching could make you press harder, making it a smooth transition. Alternatives out there could be a sewing machine pedal, probably not. A dimmer switch, but it would have to be the right one and would be adgustable by hand, not foot. Could be a good addition. Lastly, I have seen a professional version for around $130.00, but that's the price for the machine! I purchased.
The power surge happens because of the design. At the higher speed. The dimming portion will top out and get superseded by a secondary switch, which is just on/off. So you lose fine control at higher speed. There is no way around this. But as mentioned, it really has not been a problem when it comes to that. I'm using this setup for fixing small stuff and jewelry work. I also get to play with a small $900.00 dental hand tool at work. It's not as aggressive by far. But the control without a hard cable is a real plus. Really it all depends on what you need it for.
@@moonolyth I just received the flexshaft its from a brand called Vevor and its 380W. The footpedal seems to be of the same quality as yours yet the switch has a different design. Similar to yours on the low RPM band it has some issues. So i took it apart and looked at the switch.
It is comprised of a double spring design and double switch opposit from each other, the switch seems to be "stuck" in place so i opted to go for some grease and see the result.
After added some motorcycle chain grease, teflon based. Onto the metal connectors where it rubs the switch and the plastic housing and then " rubbing" it in it seemed to go much smoother.
For the main spring i'm not gonna bother stretching it as it needs some force already to move.
Tested it and im a quite happy with the amount of control so im gonna leave it like this for now :)
I will be using it for Porting engine components so mostly will be working on aluminium and plastic.
Sadly they forgot to include the accessoire box so no real testing today :( Want to get started on cutting my air intakebox.
Anyways did not axpect a response so thats very cool, wish you a great day and happy carving
Is that a genuine Foredom pedal?
I sure hope not..
It feels cheap to me. A decent one should have a full smooth swing on it. The actual switch is about $15 on line. And good replacements look to be around $100 or so.
Just looked at a switch replacement vid. And that also looked cheep so who knowes without using one.
Hau you opened
A clamp helps much! I used two flat plates..knifes. and slipped one on eather side back and forth untill the tabs released. It has 2 each side. Be patient and they will pop out. Knifes are sharp!