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turning EVA on Mandrel
Posted by: Jess Brindisi (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: January 30, 2009 11:49PM

Here's what I've got:

1/2" ID EVA Straight
1/2" Steel Mandrel smooth (non threaded)
Grizlzy Hobby Lathe with variable speed 1/2" Drill


I need to shape the straight EVA to a tapered foregrip. Do I use a small amount of epoxy to hold the EVA on the mandrel? This is the part I can't figure out. What keeps the EVA from spinning on the mandrel?

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Re: turning EVA on Mandrel
Posted by: stan mclean (---.hsd1.nh.comcast.net)
Date: January 31, 2009 12:12AM

I use a wrap or two of masking tape around the mandrel.

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Re: turning EVA on Mandrel
Posted by: Mike Barkley (---.try.wideopenwest.com)
Date: January 31, 2009 12:41AM

Like Stan said, use tape as a bushing and force the EVA over it

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!!

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Re: turning EVA on Mandrel
Posted by: Robert Balcombe (---.jax.centurytel.net)
Date: January 31, 2009 07:44AM

I do like Mike and Stan My mandrals are a tad smaller than the Eva inside dia. By using tape my grips slide right off when I am done
Good Wraps Bob

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Re: turning EVA on Mandrel
Posted by: Matt Davis (64.118.9.---)
Date: January 31, 2009 09:03AM

Tape



...............

Better to have and not need than to need and not have.

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Re: turning EVA on Mandrel
Posted by: William Bartlett (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: January 31, 2009 04:24PM

Tape also!!

Bill in WV

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Re: turning EVA on Mandrel
Posted by: Robert Russell (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: January 31, 2009 11:07PM

I spiral wrap tape and wrap it with a little more overlap in the center to increase thickness and better hold the grip.

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