Flex shaft hand piece, It Ain't Just a Drill- Getting the Most from your Flexshaft

It Ain’t Just a Drill: Getting the Most From Your Flexible Shaft

So, you’re a jeweler or metalsmith about to be stranded on a desert island. You can bring only one tool. (Oh yeah, the island has electricity). What tool do you bring?

If you were Andy Cooperman you’d most likely bring your Flexible Shaft machine. It may be the most versatile tool at the bench. And yet for many makers it is the most underutilized and least understood.

Here’s your chance to gain a deeper understanding of this marvelous tool and expand your vocabulary of flexible shaft techniques and applications.  This one-day, demonstration-only workshop will cover the basic machine itself and discuss the use of burrs, bits, grinding, shaping, finishing and polishing aids and various hand pieces.  Everything from Abrasives to Zam. Expect some eye opening innovative tricks as well. All levels.

Tool kits available, cash or check payable to instructor. Bur Kit $15, Abrasive Kit $10

Flex shaft hand piece
Flexshaft stone setting demonstration with Andy Cooperman
Oversized demonstration burs

Published by Dana

Dana Cassara began practicing the art of silversmithing at North Seattle Community College in 1992. She discovered her love for the craft after returning to school to pursue a teaching degree with a focus in social studies. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1998 with a B.A. in Comparative History of Ideas as well as Interdisciplinary Arts, because she just couldn't stay out of the art department. She has been teaching jewelry design since 1999 and loves what she does.