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I think the concept of the mandrel saver is that all the pressure the tailstock can put on the mandrel is transferred to the bushes and the pen blank which removes the risk of bending the mandrel and getting a misshaped pen and or a bent mandrel which I think every turner has done at some time or other so in effect it has saved a mandrel which cant be a bad thing also it dose away with the need for a nut on the end which I personalty have dropped on many occasions and had to find in among all the shavings on the floor or get another one because I cant find it the times I've done that so I think I will add one to my Christmas wish list LOL

[QUOTE="Woody, post: 21417, member: 192"] I think the concept of the mandrel saver is that all the pressure the tailstock can put on the mandrel is transferred to the bushes and the pen blank which removes the risk of bending the mandrel and getting a misshaped pen and or a bent mandrel which I think every turner has done at some time or other so in effect it has saved a mandrel which cant be a bad thing also it dose away with the need for a nut on the end which I personalty have dropped on many occasions and had to find in among all the shavings on the floor or get another one because I cant find it the times I've done that so I think I will add one to my Christmas wish list LOL [/QUOTE]

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