ELECTRIC FILING HAND BALANCE/FULCRUM FINGER

Goal: Build balance, control, and confidence with your e-file by practicing fulcrum placement, posture, and client hand support.

Fulcrum Practice Video

Deliverable: A short practice video (45–90 seconds) showing you holding and moving your e-file with a fulcrum finger.

Steps to record:

1. Posture Check: Show yourself seated with feet flat, neutral spine, and arms supported.
2. Client Hand Support: Demonstrate how you hold the client’s (or mannequin’s) hand steady.
3. Fulcrum Finger: Show your pinky or ring finger anchored on the client’s nail/hand while holding your e-file in a pencil grip.
4. Movement Practice: Demonstrate slow, controlled motions (arc around cuticle, sweep sidewalls, straight pass over free edge).
5. Direction Awareness: Show how you safely switch between forward, reverse, and neutral.

Tips:

1. Use a practice/smooth bit (no cutting edge).
2. Keep bit parallel to the nail plate.
3. Use feather-light pressure and continuous movement.

Sit • Hold • Control Reel

Deliverable: A vertical Instagram-style Reel (30–45 seconds) teaching beginners the correct way to sit, hold the client’s hand, and hold the e-file handpiece.

Reel structure:

1. Hook (0–3s): Text/voice like: “Struggling with control? Try the fulcrum finger.”
2. Sit (3–10s): Show proper seating posture and elbow support.
3. Hold (10–20s): Demonstrate supporting your client’s hand and finger securely.
4. Control (20–35s): Show pencil grip, fulcrum anchor, and steady e-file movement.
5. CTA (last 5s): End with a tip: “Practice your fulcrum every day for smooth, safe filing.”

Submission Checklist

1. Practice video uploaded (45–90 seconds, horizontal or vertical)
2. Reel uploaded (30–45 seconds, vertical, captioned)
3. File names: FulcrumVideo_LastFirst + SitHoldControlReel_LastFirst
4. Include a short reflection (2–3 sentences) on what was easiest and hardest about using your fulcrum.

SUBMIT THE LINKS TO BOTH VIDEOS