FOREDOM Handpiece, H.44T, General Use (H.44T)

Great product. Little pricey for me but very worth it. Well built. Better value to buy the hand piece with the collets rather than the collets alone. Came with the pin and wrench for changing out bits.

One of Foredom’s smaller hand pieces, the 28T fits the hand like a precision instrument should. Its thin barrel makes it very easy to control when doing fine detail work. This tool is a must- have for luthiers, gunsmiths, and anybody else looking to optimize metal removal in the highest detail.

Bought this to be able to use 1/4" shank carbide bits with my Foredom pendant motor. Have previously only used their smaller 3/32" bits for working jewelry, so I wasn't sure how it would handle 1/4" bits. So far it has been amazing. Am using carbide bits to remove some serious metal from an aluminum intake manifold. The 44T has performed well. Tons of power, great speed, and easy to hold and control. Much better than my pneumatic die grinder, and the Foredom is about 90% quieter. After about an hour of solid grinding, the handpiece and motor do get fairly warm, so I have been giving them a periodic rest. But as I mentioned I am really grinding hard, and I still think this is doing a great job for a device that's truly intended for lighter duty work.

As expected, and as always, Foredom produces high end hand tools!

Works as advertised/expected

I had a hard time locating the 44t hand piece for my Foredom TX motor setup. Took me 3 tries, one from eBay and 2 from Amazon. It was sold out from Foredom online. It’s a nice hand piece with one miss. See my video to understand the features of the 44T handpiece. It’s typical Foredom quality, come with 3 collets (see Amazon description) and it connects to the keyed shaft only, NOT a hex shaft. The big “miss” for me is the hokey shaft lock that requires a pin to be inserted into the hand piece loosen/tighten the collets to remove bits. At this price point, it should have an integral locking collet like the newer Ingersoll Rand die grinders that eliminates the easy to lose shaft pin. Otherwise, the ergonomics and build quality are really good and what I’d expect from Foredom. But as I mentioned the pin shaft lock is low budget, hence the 1 point deduction. Hope that helps!

Would buy again

I use it to make faces and designs to walking sticks and also engrave on to stone. Great hobby and a awesome tool to do it with. Hands down better than a small electric hand grinder. Better job, powerful, faster to use and it I also stronger. I like that I can use different bit sizes. Change is easy.

I bought this for 1/4 shack , works like a charm

I bought this for my first ever rotary tool, a Foredom brand SR 1/6hp flex shaft. I was worried about it being tricky to set up having never even seen a tool like this before but the instructions are clear and simple and it was on my foredom and working in seconds. The grip is comfy and I feel good using this to polish and sand jewelry pieces.

Like it

Good feel

It is as advertised. It is too bad that it cannot take the grinder.