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floor mandrels and swage blocks
This is a discussion on floor mandrels and swage blocks within the Shop tips and tricks forums, part of the General Discussions category; Flat creek that particular place on the block works excellent after you shrink a tire, yes. We use it at ...
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07-31-2008, 12:06 AM
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Flat creek that particular place on the block works excellent after you shrink a tire, yes. We use it at Threshers and from time to time I use it here at home. Sometimes you need a nice solid place like that. Junior has a blueprint on a piece of tooling that fits in the hardy that has a negative space the is better for many things as well. I believe he uses it for spoons but I sometimes use it for other things. I am in the process of making some wood blocks ( burning them ) for various types of spoons and small measures for the trailer shop. Long as I remember which ones are for that and not for fire bank wood and/or for the stove this fall and winter, life will be good. Seems I have several blocks either in the bed of the truck or in the trailer all the time.
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08-21-2008, 10:41 PM
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| I consider them essential tools
I use the swage blocks fairly frequently, and my larger cone mandrel will become essential, hopefully this weekend, when I try to start putting bands on some wheel hubs. If you have to straighten a ring, cone mandrels come in really handy... a tap here and a tap there... and the ring is now round.
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10-06-2008, 12:37 PM
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Does anyone use discarded nosecones (from a bomb I suppose, no, it's not 'hot') for a mandrel? I thought I saw the idea somewhere, but now I can't find it
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10-06-2008, 01:19 PM
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Honest Bob sells them, some were available at Quad State.
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10-06-2008, 07:53 PM
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20 were sold by 1 person at Quad-State for use as cone mandrels. I bought mine Friday morning first thing as the supply has run out and it will all be the resale market now according to the person I bought it from. I tossed one of my forge welded trivit circles on it as soon as I got it in the shop and it will be *perfect* for my use! Nose cone from a ballistic missile.
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10-07-2008, 09:33 PM
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I have two smaller swage blocks of differing design as well as a 24" tall cone. All sit idly until I do some production work, then I simply can not do without them. All are small enough they can still be carried (slowly) across the shop when I set up stations, though they are big enough they don't move around much. Made stands for them all, got them somewhere............
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10-12-2008, 10:15 PM
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The more time someone spends using a floor mandrel the more useful they become for that person and the easier they are to use. The trick is to use gravity. Drop the non-round ring over the mandrel and tap it where you see light showing between the mandrel and the ring. Work gently but firmly around the ring tapping where you see light. The idea is to bring the ring to round, not smash it against the mandrel. Then flip the ring over and make any corrections on the other side. Use your hammer and tongs to adjust the ring so that it is level with the floor periodically.
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