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Offline Jon Kennedy Custom Calls

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1/2" to 3/4" Expanding Mandrels (Photos)
« on: February 11, 2009, 05:53:07 PM »
Is there any interest in 1/2" to 3/4" expanding Mandrels with 2Mt taper ?? the expanding mandrel sleeve would be 2 3/4" long and would expand the full length of the 2 3/4" these are photos of a 5/8 mandrel i can build them from 1/2" to 3/4" let me know what you think !any feed back would be great!!!!! :2up:    :punk:
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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2009, 06:16:25 PM »
I have one in 1/2", 5/8" and 3/4" and love them.


EDIT: I mis-read the original post. I use to have a 5/8" with 2MT taper, but now I have the ones I mentioned with straight bars that I use with the collet chuck. Much easier to use than the one with the MT. As Marvin indicates, you need a draw bar for full capabilities.
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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 09:14:41 PM »
I have a 3/4", what about 1/2, and 5/8?
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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 09:20:33 PM »
Are they fitted with a draw bar?  Steel or brass?

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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2009, 11:00:54 PM »
I would like to know more about one.
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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2009, 11:52:08 PM »
I'd like to see some pictures of what you have in mind to make.  There's lots of folks looking for other ways to skin a cat.

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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2009, 01:19:57 AM »
Quote from: Parker on February 11, 2009, 11:52:08 PM
There's lots of folks looking for other ways to skin a cat.

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Bobcat is pretty good chicken fried, I don't recommend house cats, usually too much fat on them.  House cats do make decent tamales if you spice them up quite a bit, I think that and dog is what Gerhard's uses for meat in their tamales.

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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2009, 10:15:23 AM »
Quote from: dogcatcher on February 11, 2009, 09:20:33 PM
Are they fitted with a draw bar?  Steel or brass?

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Yes they have a draw bar and they are steel!
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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2009, 12:55:15 PM »


Are they knurled at the location where the call barrel contacts the mandrel?

Do you have any pics of them?


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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2009, 02:25:25 PM »
No it is not  Knurled! it seems to hold fine!
Quote from: BigB on February 12, 2009, 12:55:15 PM


Are they knurled at the location where the call barrel contacts the mandrel?

Do you have any pics of them?


Thanks,
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Re: 3/4 Expanding Mandrel
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2009, 12:01:06 AM »
I am sure I have had house cat at the local Chinese place but I don't want to know
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Re: 1/2" to 3/4" Expanding Mandrels (Photos)
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2009, 09:17:33 AM »
The Mandrel pictured sure looks like a solid piece of tooling.With the wider expansion slit I would think it would expand more than the 2 thousands I've seen on another expanding mandrel,which I didn't like.I'd prefer a set-up to slide into my Collet Chuck or even my Nova Chuck while they're mounted though.
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Re: 1/2" to 3/4" Expanding Mandrels (Photos)
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2009, 10:22:06 AM »
I might be interested. The MT 2 isa good idea as long as it has the draw bar. What kind of price range are we talking here?
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Re: 1/2" to 3/4" Expanding Mandrels (Photos)
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2009, 10:13:25 AM »
Quote from: Heirloom on February 14, 2009, 10:22:06 AM
I might be interested. The MT 2 isa good idea as long as it has the draw bar. What kind of price range are we talking here?
Yes these have a 3/8 draw bar!!!!!! :bigup:
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Re: 1/2" to 3/4" Expanding Mandrels (Photos)
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2009, 10:29:28 AM »
How much are we looking at for price and can you make any size from 1/2" to 3/4" or just the normal ones like 1/2", 5/8" & 3/4"???

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