... I mean, don't we all like to visit his office, once or twice a year ? ;-)
It must have been over 20 years ago, when my dentist found out I was a fanatic scale modeler. He was too, so one
way or another, we found out about each other's hobby.
He asked me if I was interested in used drills, since they are used only once, ofcourse. Yes, I would like to see what he
had to offer. He told me to save a few dozen for me. He would sterilize them and I could pick them up a few days later.
So I did and went home with a handful of drills ! Maybe not hundreds, but 100 to 150, for sure. My current dentist also
knows about my hobby and he too gave me a handful of drills. Some were totally blunt and useless, some were like new.
Since these tools are made of very high, very strong steel, they are ideal to make your own tools out of. All you need
is a dentist's drill with a blunt head and a dremel with a grinding disc. On the left you can see a home-made tool :
There are round and long drills with diamond powder, on the far right our favorite: a reamer, used for root canal, etc..
And who would say 'No!' to a good root canal treatment? I had one. Didn't hurt at all, after all those injections...~~~~
Two shapes, round and tapered, long and short shaft :
After 20 years, these drills are still sharp, because I mainly use them on plastic. Years back, when I built brass HO trains,
their toughness clearly showed. I still use the same drills, today...!
So....send your dentist a nice Christmas card and tell him about your hobby !
Merry Christmas !
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Erik.
