Sanding mandrels

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carguy

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Where can I get carbide sanding mandrels? I suppose I could get them made locally, but if someone has a source they have used before, that would be great. Thanks!
 
Carguy,

Just got my mandrels on Friday, and they are Great...Tom does excellent work. Good luck with them.
 
Tommy is a great guy. You will not be dissappointed with his work. His sanding mandrels make one of the toughest parts of cuemaking a breeze!
 
Zim's
Brianna Products is 58 Rockwell Hardness, which will reduce in size over a period of time. TNS sanding mandrels are solid carbide sleeved, and will not. Also Tom at TNS Mandrels are Precise, Precise, Precise. Brianna cost is like $55, and I paid $450 for 2 sets of mandrels from Tom. Sanding Mandrels, and Finish Mandrels. This is a very good price for Carbide Mandrels. Hope this helps.
Jim
 
> I made a reply to a post made several months ago about these exact parts,in a thread about their pre-made UV system. I will link to the picture of the exact part I am mentioning,as well as my original reply.


http://www.briannaproducts.com/sabutt.JPG



> " Take a good look at this sanding arbor. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that is dust and chips from clean-up cuts in the threads,but looking at the pitted surface on the shoulder and the poor surface finish/tooling marks in the main body,whoever made this needs some remedial lessons on lathe operations. There are high school kids in my shop class that make better parts than this,no offense. Tommy D."


I stand by my original assessment,and will add this after seeing the same picture of the part in my original post again. If I bought anything from them,and it looked like this when I got it,they would be wearing it before long. If they sold one that looked that bad,I can't believe they are still selling them,that is PATHETIC workmanship. The material used in this picture is probably cold-rolled steel,and trust me you can hack enough off it with a fresh piece of 220 to make it not match your shafts any more. Anything with a carbide sleeve that is properly ground and installed by a quality machinist has GOT to be better than the Brianna. Tommy D.
 
SANDING ARBORS

Hi: I purchased mine from BLUD. Carbide sleeved and TAPERED. Beautiful
workmanship--but relatively expensive. Also have a set from Brianna. You get what you paid.

Bob Flynn
Denali Cues
 
What kind you looking for? I have a radial pin set from Tom, that I have never used. I will sell them to you if you need Radial.
 
Tommy-D said:
> I made a reply to a post made several months ago about these exact parts,in a thread about their pre-made UV system. I will link to the picture of the exact part I am mentioning,as well as my original reply.


http://www.briannaproducts.com/sabutt.JPG
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That link is a photo of butt sanding mandrels which I dont see any need for.
I have a set of Joint sanding mandrels made by Brianna Products and they dont look anything like that.
In fact they are well made and work just fine.
The rockwell hardness of 58 is plenty hard and if in a year or so I do wear them out I will replace them ten times over and still be money ahead.

Here is a photo of the set I bought.
 
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> Willie,you would be right on both counts then. Those are MUCH nicer,as well as totally different. The pic you showed kind of reminds me of that Thomson glide-rod shafting,which is 58-63 Rockwell,C scale. I have a small chunk of it,guess I'll have to try sanding it,LOL. I read something in a metalworking forum somewhere about a new high-tech alloy called Maxamet,which has been consistently testing at 70-72 for about a year,awfully close to low-range carbides which start at about 75,and just might be cheaper,if you can find some. I wonder if some of the high-tech ceramics would be any good. Tommy D.
 
Sanding Mandrels

Qmaker,
Do your mandrels have what I would call a "reverse taper"? You know, a taper that would match or run along the taper of your cue? The set that I hade made do not. I guess there would be some advantages to them having a taper to match?

Thanks.
Chris
 
Poulos Cues said:
Qmaker,
Do your mandrels have what I would call a "reverse taper"? You know, a taper that would match or run along the taper of your cue? The set that I hade made do not. I guess there would be some advantages to them having a taper to match?

Thanks.
Chris
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Hi Chris:

Yes, they are tapered like a cue would be.

Bob Flynn
Denali Cues
 
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