Cutting Crew
Established Member
Hello all,
A few weeks ago I was sent a new and unusual tool from the US for evaluation, it's an air turbine dental drill that runs at 440,000 rpm.
It was developed from the normal dentist drill by a dentist who also enjoys woodturning, it uses the standard dental burrs that we face every time we visit the dentist.
Running at such high speed it is relatively easy to use and cuts cleanly, the only downside is the noise, not very nice if you don't like the men in white coats.
The photograph shows a piece I made mainly to test the drill and burrs. It was turned from wet sycamore to 2mm thick, a pattern was drawn and cut with the tool, the whole lot was then airbrushed and lacquered. The piece measures 225mm tall by 175mm in diameter.
Regards....Mike
A few weeks ago I was sent a new and unusual tool from the US for evaluation, it's an air turbine dental drill that runs at 440,000 rpm.
It was developed from the normal dentist drill by a dentist who also enjoys woodturning, it uses the standard dental burrs that we face every time we visit the dentist.
Running at such high speed it is relatively easy to use and cuts cleanly, the only downside is the noise, not very nice if you don't like the men in white coats.
The photograph shows a piece I made mainly to test the drill and burrs. It was turned from wet sycamore to 2mm thick, a pattern was drawn and cut with the tool, the whole lot was then airbrushed and lacquered. The piece measures 225mm tall by 175mm in diameter.
Regards....Mike