Hands-On Training Class at Flex Power Tools in Stuttgart, Germany

[Mike Phillips]

Hands-On Training Class at Flex Power Tools in Stuttgart, Germany (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/off-topic/41734-hands-training-class-flex-power-tools-stuttgart-germany.html)

On Thursday, after the tour of the manufacturing plant we returned to the classroom for another Power Point Presentation on Flex tools, then a break for lunch and then it was time for hands-on training and a chance to test out all the Flex Power Tools.


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I wasn't able to get everyone's business card and also found it a little hard to catch the pronunciation and spelling of everyone's names, but Bob from Flex will be here next week and he should be able to help me fill in the blanks.

In this shot he's using a Flex Sander to bevel the edge of some type of stone tile...
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I checked out the edge when he was done it looked like a machine did the work as it was perfect ground.
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Here' they're going over the different abrasive discs for use with the Giraffe
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The guy doing this demo is Jamie and he's an absolute riot when you get out of the work environment but at work he's all about business.
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Testing out the orbital sander...
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Monica testing out different Flex orbital sanders...
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[Mike Phillips]

Continued...

Here' everyone is checking out the paint mixers... the design of the Flex blade perfectly mixes paints for uniform consistency and maximum performance. To show how well they work they have a mixture of black and red beads in the water.
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This is a drywall sander...
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Here's Jill using the drywall sander....
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There were a couple of hoods set up to let people test out the Flex PE14 and the Flex 3401
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Besides the Swirl Finder Light I brought for Dirk Rock, the engineer behind the Flex PE14 I also brought a second Swirl Finder Light in case I met anyone that reads and posts to the DetailingWorld.co.uk forum which was signed by the Swirl Girls, Amy and Janna, if you look closely you can see their autographs on the sides of the light.
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Next...
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Jill tested out both the Flex PE14 and the Flex 3401 and did an excellent job of showing the guys how it's done!
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Time to inspect the results...
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Marc is an active member on DW forums so he wins the Brinkmann Swirl Finder Light...
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This was a great class with excellent teachers and demonstrations of Flex Tools.


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[Flash Gordon]

Looks like a first class operation! I wonder why we don't see more of this Flex company here in the United States of America

P.S. All the pretty girls would've had me distracted during the training session. Someone would've had to get me a seat up front

[opie_7afe]

flex has a very nice plant that's for sure. also has some very nice ladies. i do know one thing i would love to see monica "flex"(pun intended) ok i will stop!....boys will be boys!

[WRAPT C5Z06]

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[TS656577]

Wow. Super jealous. So when do we get Flex shop vacs here (at least I'm assuming that's what they are)

[detaildave]

Thanks for sharing your story & pic's Mike!!! What a wonderful experience!!!:xyxthumbs:

[Meghan]

I guess it never occurred to me that Flex makes all kinds of machines! But neat to see all the different models.... not that I will be sanding dry wall anytime soon but neat to know!

[DealerDetailer]

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Hey Mike, the my girl friend was lying down watching me surf autogeek (like countless times before) and when I scrolled upon this picture see said, "WoW". I asked her "WoW" what? She said "look at those shoes, they look like Burberry, but she wants to know if you asked about her shoes?" :doh:

By the way, what an amazing trip you all had!

[Mike Phillips]

Looks like a first class operation! I wonder why we don't see more of this Flex company here in the United States of America

P.S. All the pretty girls would've had me distracted during the training session. Someone would've had to get me a seat up front


We might see more Flex tools coming into the U.S.A. into the future, just depends on the market. As for the pretty girls, what you didn't see were many of the girls that work in the office. :D





flex has a very nice plant that's for sure. also has some very nice ladies. i do know one thing i would love to see Monica "flex"(pun intended) ok i will stop!....boys will be boys!

Besides being very beautiful she also has a very beautiful voice and



Wow. Super jealous. So when do we get Flex shop vacs here (at least I'm assuming that's what they are)


I'm not sure those are actual shop vacs but they could probably be used for that purpose. They attach via long flexible hoses to the sanding tools to extract the dust so that it doesn't spread everywhere and so that you don't have to breathe it in. Safety first.



Thanks for sharing your story & pic's Mike!!! What a wonderful experience!!!:xyxthumbs:

Dave I think you would have like the Oktoberfest portion just as much as the tour and the training days... :D




Hey Mike, my girl friend was lying down watching me surf autogeek (like countless times before) and when I scrolled upon this picture see said, "WoW".

I asked her "WoW" what? She said "look at those shoes, they look like Burberry, but she wants to know if you asked about her shoes?" :doh:


I did not ask her about her shoes but I've already read 3-4 comments about them on this site and on DW, so others have noticed them also. Judging by her outfits I'm confident she has impeccable taste when it comes to fashion. Has to be good for business.

Now you know what to get your girlfriend for presents...




By the way, what an amazing trip you all had!



The word amazing is just the tip of the iceburg...


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