Post #241969 by tikigap on Mon, Jul 10, 2006 6:02 AM

Hi Johnny -

I use a (birch?) mallet - it's lighter than a rubber one, but I can't think of any other distinct advantage.

I read in my foredom documentation somewhere that it said to be sure the machine comes to a complete stop before switching directions. You should be able to gently switch it off without going into the opposite direction (that's got a 3 position switch, you know). It's probably a bad thing to not wait for it to stop all the way.