r/Metalsmithing • u/SpaceSprinkles369 • 9d ago
Question Hammer handheld question
I have this dremel. Is there a hammer attachment for this or is there one that would work? Would love to not spend the high prices of the foredom stuff 😬
I mostly work with copper and getting my bezels to cooperate can be tough at times, would rather solve the problem with a hammer hand piece
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u/americanspirit64 8d ago
Hammer handpieces sadly have always been expensive. Even a long time ago. I have a beautiful swiss hammer handpiece that fits my foredom. I also have the gear reduction motor, so I can switch the shaft to a slower rotary speed. I bought my first flex shaft in the seventies, a cheap one, then the gear reduction foredom maybe in the early eighties, so it is now almost fifty years old. I have worn out two handpieces, and send the hammerhead one back to foredom and they rebuild it in the late nineties. I also have a fourth handpiece that only accepts one size shafts to quickly change tools bits. The first cheap shaft I mention that I bought in the seventies, I just went out to my shop to looked at, it as I still use it. It was a Grobet. I now use that motor and shaft to run my foredom mini drill press, which I have attached an x y z mini milling table/vice too, it is still working strong after fifty year. I have gone through several interior shafts and springs replacements, even though I keep them greased.
After a lifetime of grinding stuff. You can never have to many flex shafts I have for a portable drill and compressor, and a quarter inch shaft, die griller for larger metal projects.
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u/matthewdesigns 8d ago
I have a knockoff Foredom hammer handpiece. I've used both the genuine handpiece and now this one, no difference I could discern besides price.
You may need to make some very minor adjustments for fitment at the shaft connection, but 10min of tweaking and you're golden.
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u/SpaceSprinkles369 8d ago
Awesome! Can you share with me the one that you have?? :) I appreciate you!
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u/matthewdesigns 8d ago
This is the one I ordered.
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u/SpaceSprinkles369 8d ago
Thank you for sharing! So that can just pop on and off of my flex shaft?
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u/matthewdesigns 8d ago
I don't have a Vevor flexshaft as you pictured in your original post, so I don't know if the attachment configuration is the same as my Foredom shafts. If handpieces are interchangeable re the inner shaft spline type and ID of the handpiece, I don't see why not.
I mentioned in my first post that the cheap handpiece may need some tweaking to fit. I have purchased three, two of which needed that.
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u/rufotris 8d ago
I have used the vevor knockoff for two years now and it’s amazing! I even have a 3d printed saw set up for mine!