Foredom 44T Handpiece Foredom Flexible Shaft Grinders - H.44T

Used for a few days. As with other Foredom tools Ive used, this seems to be top quality, professional tool.

Very disappointing. The runout is far worse than other handpieces I have used, creating excessively chattered cuts. I tried multiple carbide burs known to be straight and true but had the same issue with all three collet sizes. I was expecting better precision/tolerances from foredom. The tool seems sturdy and well built but does not perform where it counts. I discovered Foredom only publishes tolerances for the H.25 handpiece but of course is significantly more $. All Foredom handpieces are made to industrial standards – H.25 has even tighter tolerances. Run-out is 0.003″ measured 3/4″ out from end of chuck or collet.

I wanted a flexshaft handpiece that I could use to mount 1/4 tools and this is it. Not many of these handpieces will hold 1/4 shafts which really come in handy when doing power carving. I just had to modify the shaft and mounting ring on my Chicago Electric unit. Took a little doing but it works well. Eventually I plan to use it on either a Foredom or Mastercarver flexshaft system, though it might be handy to have it available just for detail sanding on the Chicago Electric. Later note: I see that some responses have noted that no modifications were necessary for the shaft to fit with a Harbor Freight tool. For some reason the shaft would not fit as is on mine. Either way this is an excellent hand piece. I continue to use this on the Harbor Freight tool on nearly a daily basis.

Youll find out why it costs so much once you take it out of the box.

great handpiece - using it on a MasterCarver flexshaft machine

This an excellent hand piece for my Foredom TX bench mounted flexible rotary system! Foredom offers an excellent line of equipment.

Feels indestructible.

Easy to change out and now I can use a lot more bits

Easy to change bits; has different size collets that are easy to change

Perfect size and shape for my hand. Comfortable for the really long projects.