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The only mandrels I have used are those made by Planet....and I am not impressed! I have two of them and the diameters vary between the two. A more serious fault is that they are both undersized, which results in there being a certain amount of play between the bushes and the mandrel. This necessities time-consuming corrective work to ensure that the completed blanks are round and that the wood is an even thickness around the brass tube. Is there a better quality mandrel available than those produced by Planet?

[QUOTE="Bob Ellis, post: 223828, member: 782"] The only mandrels I have used are those made by Planet....and I am not impressed! I have two of them and the diameters vary between the two. A more serious fault is that they are both undersized, which results in there being a certain amount of play between the bushes and the mandrel. This necessities time-consuming corrective work to ensure that the completed blanks are round and that the wood is an even thickness around the brass tube. Is there a better quality mandrel available than those produced by Planet? [/QUOTE]

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