With its ball bearing design and tough covering, this can be used with any power take-off drill press, portable power drill, or a grinder (if properly equipped). The 54" length lets you easily work a distance away and the 3/8" chuck allows you to use a huge variety of grinding bits, sanding disks, burrs and other small rotary cutting tools. Chuck will hold bits up to 3/8" diameter.
Note: This flex shaft (like most of this type) is designed only for forward (clockwise) rotation. You may damage the steel cable if you attempt use it in reverse rotation.
Testimonials:High quality flex shaft product, not the usual "consumer grade" offering of big box outlets
I have been primarily using the tool to do a lot of wire wheeling on stubborn corrosion and old paint.
I attached to my deep woodturning hollowing bar via a homemade bracket. This flex shaft now allows me to power sand up to 30” deep inside of hollow forms.
The flex shaft has worked great for making spoons and other contoured wood objects. I bought it to see if it would work as well as some of the $300. rotary flex shaft machines and it has.
Works great with a portable drill for hard to get to places.
I use the flexible shaft with a hand-held drum sander (made from a rolling pin and hook & loop sandpaper) to sand dulcimer sides and other curves. It runs smoothly, has a nice hefty feel, and it's exactly as describe
I attach this shaft to a small drill press, and with attached drums or burrs I use it mainly for shaping large woodcarvings. It has proven to be exceptionally useful and durable, and a lot cheaper and more powerful than the dedicated flexible shaft units others use.