Anyone have one for sale or know where to get one? Or a knock-off?
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KELTON MANDREL
- Thread starter John Tisdale
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This might be more appropriately placed in the Want to Buy section of the Forum.
People who make fishing rod grips use simple mandrels, some up to 3/8" diameter and maybe 15-18" in length. That's small by your mind boggling usual dimensions, but if you're getting into "little stuff", you might do a search for someone making them. In the past they were a cottage industry item, like many of our turning implements. They would also be pretty simple to make for someone with a metal lathe--just a piece of drill rod with a section turned down to insert into a drill chuck and a 60 degree dimple in the other end. The headstock end could also be a collet, if you have one already.
What does this mandrel look like?
I googled "Kelton Mandrel" and came up empty handed.
I googled "Kelton Mandrel" and came up empty handed.
Is it this?
I have 1 that was probably purchased from Craft Supplies years ago. The usable depth is about 11". FYI.
John, if the Kelton Mandrel is like what is pictured in Bill's post, you can get something that works similar from Rubber Chucky. That's what I use on hollow forms and other uses.
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I used a piece of steel pipe with a threaded flange on the end.
I would think that it would be pretty easy to make something like that.
Mount a piece of drill rod in your chuck and that would be the rod going into the vessel.
Just need to make a cone with a set screw to hold it where you wanted it, and an end piece that would fit into your vessel.
Mount a piece of drill rod in your chuck and that would be the rod going into the vessel.
Just need to make a cone with a set screw to hold it where you wanted it, and an end piece that would fit into your vessel.