heres an easy question, im a amatuer / hobby rod builder and i cant find andys mandrels availible anywhere unless i have a tax id etc can anyone point me to a supplier prefrebly from on sponser here ? ive looked until im crosseyed. thanks

try fishsticks4u

go up to the top right dropdown, and select "andy dear"

Fishstick4U and Binghams. I would strongly recommend that you get the threaded wood mandrels if possible. They make life a LOT easier and worth it in the long run [www.rodbuilding.org]

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

Neal,
Where are you looking? All of my distributors.....Bingham Ent. Angler's Workshp and FishSticks all sell my mandrels to individual RodBuilders who do not have business liscense, and all are sponsors here.

Andy Dear
Lamar Fishing

thanks guys i guess i misread or didnt read the whole way through on a few ,after so long at the screen i guess i get a little brain dead lol

NEAL;

You may have to call the supplier directly; I searched Angler's Workshop's web site and I couldn't locate them. Not even through a "Manufacturers Search" The only thing listed for Lamar Mfg. was Thread Master... Mike Barkley speaks so highly of them, I'm interested in looking at them too.

RON.

[www.fishsticks4u.com]


Regards
Dave

Fishing is Life the rest is just Details

THANKS, DAVE. THAT WAS EASY. I'LL LOOK INTO THEM.

RON.

When on our website , you can click on Lamar Mfg , Search and type in mandrel , Fine Item ,or Misc / Other and any of those four ways will take you to mandrels , and all sizes are in stock .

Robert

Virtually anything Andy makes is top-quality, and top-value. We've learned that he just doesn't put the items out for sale until they are fully ready.

We've tried virtually all of his stuff and I am continually amazed at how easy it is to work with, and how well it works in practical use.

And Andy's always available to support questions, on this BBS. So are his distributers.

Uncle Russ
Calico Creek Rods

Question

I use a set of madrills I made on my lathe and I like turning on mandrills.

If Andy's a nicer than mine I would been interested in buying a set. The problem is I can't find a picture of the mandrills anywhere. I can find pics of sections of them but I can't find pics of the whole thing to see what they actually look like to tell if he has come up something better than what I already have.

Any if you have a pic you can email me or have a link where I can see one it would be a big help.
cover@sbcglobal.net

Thanks,

Ray

Ray,

It's a perfectly straight mandrel with a 60degree cone on each end to fit the tail stock. Not much to see really. Also offered are the "threaded on one end" mandrels for holding items like wood and acrylic. Same mandrel, only threaded, with an added sleve, nut, and stop.

DR

Ray,

Heres his threaded wood turning mandrel [www.rodbuilding.org]

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

Ok Thanks guys,

That's pretty much what I am already using. From the pic it looks like it is just a ground rod with shaft collars and brass spacers to hold the collars away from the material and keep the lathe bit out of the ground finish on the shaft.

The threaded version is pretty close to what I made but I used delrin for the spacers rather than brass.

Thanks fellas.

Ray

Ron: Jon at Anglers Workshop is a great guy to work with. Even tho he might not have it in stock he can get most things for you. Their ph 360-225-9445
Good Weaps Bob