mandrel

  1. Ed Fasano

    SOLD - Spring Shop Cleaning – Honing Contraption For Sale

    Spring Shop Cleaning – For Sale Perhaps you can finish what I started. Maybe you can use these new parts to achieve a different and superior outcome. A (new) Lee Valley sealed ball bearing double-ended mandrel and a (new) ¼ hp 1,720 rpm Delta (8” drill press) motor are at the heart of my...
  2. Truefire

    1/2" pin mandrel for wood lathe

    Any of you guys make 1/2" pin mandrels for wood lathe users?
  3. zapdafish

    mandrel question

    My pen turning mandrel got really stuck today. I was pounding on the metal piece that was supposed to knock it out so hard, the plastic knob started to come off. I ended up covering the mandrel in a cloth towel so I could really get behind the mallet and let go. Do you guys spray it with...
  4. zapdafish

    pen mandrel question

    I am looking at getting a Pen Mandrel and hoping you guys can clarify some things for me. #1 Morse Taper Maxi-Mandrel http://www.pennstateind.com/store/PKM-ELC.html #2 Morse Taper Maxi-Mandrel http://www.pennstateind.com/store/PKM-FLC.html #1 vs #2, not quite sure what these numbers mean...
  5. Trent Mason

    Mandrel question

    I've turned a few pens recently and have noticed that the blanks don't fit well to the bushings, etc. As in, I'm pretty sure my mandrel has a bow in it. :eusa_doh::BangHead::BangHead::BangHead: I know not to over tighten the tail stock and haven't done that, however, I feel that I may be over...
  6. PChristy

    Pen Mandrel Question

    I am having a problem with my lock nut on my mandrel coming lose - it tightes up opposite the rotation of the lathe should it not stay tight? - has anyone else had this problem? How often would you change out your pen mandrel or do you have to?
  7. Flute Maker

    Mandrel for Long Spindles

    I turn long spindles for making flutes. ..Turnings are often a little over 30". I have a lathe steady but was wondering about making a mandrel which would have a threaded rod going through it that would basically sandwich my turning and support it more and help some with whip...I have turned...
  8. Mark Gottesman

    ? How fast to run a belt drive mandrel?

    Snagged one of those old belt drive grinding mandrels with the oil cups and bronze(?) bearings. I have a 1725 rpm motor and want to figure out what speed these things will handle. Primarily going to use it for wire wheel and buffing work while cleaning up tools. The wire wheels I get go to 4500...
  9. TheLazyC

    7mm Mandrel, 10mm kit

    I ordered a pen kit that said could be turned on a 7mm mandrel but I don't see how that will work. The bit for the kit is 10mm. Am I missing something, will it work?
  10. TheLazyC

    Mandrel Size

    I have a Delta 1440 Iron Bed Lathe and need to order a mandrel so I can start turning pens. I do not know what size to get the 1 MT or the 2 MT.
  11. WDHTRIM

    Pen mandrel?

    I HAVE THE LARGEST LATHE FROM HARBOR FREIGHT AND WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT THE MORSE TAPER SIZE OR THE THREAD SIZE IS ON THIS MACHINE. I WANT TO TURN SOME PENS FOR XMAS GIFTS AND FOUND THAT THE MANDREL COME IN MANY DIFFERENT SIZES FOR DIFFERENT MACHINES. NOT SURE WHICH TO GET.IS THE...
  12. PChristy

    New Lathe mandrel

    I was sitting here in the livingroom not feeling very well and watching a bowl turning video and I heard someone drive up in the driveway and blow the horn - I got up and it was the USPS and I walked out with my PJ's on and he handed me this Bottle Stopper chuck Drill bit 2 Stopper kits and...
  13. taandctran

    Mandrel less bushings ???

    Anyone ever heard oof or used mandrel less bushings??? I was looking at another web site and saw where some guy was selling mandrel less bushings. Sounds kind of weird. I was just wondering if anyone has tryed them.
  14. R

    Lose Mandrel??

    Ok folks gota question for ya. I've been able to turn a pen&pencil set so far. But I've got a problem.The mandrel shaft keeps comeing lose.I snug down the nut on the end.But it works out of the headstock adaptor:dontknow:.I was wondering if it would hurt to put some RTV gasket mat. inside the...
  15. S

    mandrel rods??

    In all the catalogs I've seen, all I see is 7mm rods. Where do you find rods for the larger style pens?
  16. ebarr

    Mandrel problem

    OK, I Took EagleSC's advise and purchased a spare mandrel. Which by the way is great advise. I turned my first pen on it over the weekend. While turning the lower barrel I noticed a slight wobble in the blank. I have had this similar problem with my other mandrel. I am very careful not to...
  17. P Crews

    mandrel size

    I want to start turning pens. I've been looking at the different starter kits from several companies and will most likely go with the starter kit from Penn State. The problem is I can't figure out what mandrel size I need. I have a HF model 45276 lathe and it has a 3/4 X 10 TPI headstock and...
  18. dozer

    Mandrel

    Alright I seem to have no luck with pen mandrels I am on my second one from 1 manufacturer and and my first from another and I get bad tail stock wobble no matter what I do. I have cleaned the head stock, checked for burrs it is really starting to get annoying. I am using a Rikon 12" mini and my...

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