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So I bent the mandrel last night and I've ordered a new one from Axminster (MT 1). I seem to get around 30 pens before I have to replace a mandrel, what I want to know is a s this common? Am I going too hard? Don't think I'm going to hard as surely I'd crack the blank? Is my lathe off? It's very old and designed more for spindle work, I don't mind replacing the mandrel, but would like to know what others think...

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[QUOTE="Midnight_Turner, post: 286827, member: 1431"] So I bent the mandrel last night and I've ordered a new one from Axminster (MT 1). I seem to get around 30 pens before I have to replace a mandrel, what I want to know is a s this common? Am I going too hard? Don't think I'm going to hard as surely I'd crack the blank? Is my lathe off? It's very old and designed more for spindle work, I don't mind replacing the mandrel, but would like to know what others think... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]

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