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Re: mandrels
Posted by: jack black (184.63.104.---)
Date: August 02, 2016 07:24PM

no, smooth the whole way. and my last post should of read Mudhole not Hudhole

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Re: mandrels
Posted by: Mark Blabaum (---.dsl.mhtc.net)
Date: August 05, 2016 10:49AM

I have two mandrels a 3/8" and 5/16" and can turn grips with holes up to an inch or better if needed. If you have a lathe and some scrap wood laying around you can drill a hole to correspond to the mandrel , mount the scraps on the mandrel and turn the outside diameter to what ever size you need. I usually make the bushings what ever length needed as well so the whole grip is supported as well. The nice thing about this method is you can actually make the hole 2 different sizes if needed to account for the taper of the blank as well.

Edit: should have looked closer to the post, you don't have threaded ends on your mandrels, this makes bushings quite a bit harder to use. With threaded ends you can put some friction on the parts to keep them from turning on the mandrel. This may be problematic on your particular mandrels.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/05/2016 11:21AM by Mark Blabaum.

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Re: mandrels
Posted by: jack black (184.63.104.---)
Date: August 05, 2016 12:04PM

1. where do you get threaded on the ends mandrels? other than allthread or pen making mandrels.

2. if i'm reading this right, if i am making a grip with 12 cork rings, i would need to make 12 bushings?

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Re: mandrels
Posted by: ricky espenschied (161.130.188.---)
Date: August 05, 2016 12:21PM

Jack the threaded mandrels are getting almost impossible to find. If you will send mean email I might be able to help.
Ricky

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Re: mandrels
Posted by: Lynn Williams (---.mi.res.rr.com)
Date: August 05, 2016 05:46PM

Jack,

I've made a few regular and threaded mandrels, if you have any question or if I can help in any way just email me.

Lynn Williams

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