Flex shaft to turn die grinder into mega Dremel?

[wahoowad]

I've had this Craftsman 'Professional' rotary grinder (2.5a, 26500 rpm) for too long and found limited use for it given it's size. But I do pull out my standard Dremel a couple times a year to do standard little Dremel things. I'm thinking a flexible shaft would make this large rotary grinder more useful to me. Any suggestions on a shaft?

Only worry is this isn't a variable speed unit and not sure if that's an issue. I think I would use it for precision grinding and maybe a small cutoff wheel for small jobs.

 

[cvairwerks]

Trick would be to find a shaft that is rated for that rpm. Most are limited to 10,000 or less.

 

[wahoowad]

Ahh, good point. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[RTM]

Most of the shaft add ons for Dremels are kinda hinky, only attach to one device, strange attachments , only works with the motor hanging down, etc.

 

[GaryM909]

I have a Metabo flex shaft that works great. I am not sure how durable it is though because I have only used it
when necessary. It is 4' long and I use it with an older metal body Makita die grinder with a toggle switch. The price will be hard to justify.

 

[PBCampbell]

I was going to say that Metabo was the only die grinder flex shaft that I could ever find and was pretty pricey. I had the same idea as wahoowad several years ago, but nothing ever came of it.