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smaller mandrels, anyone?
I have a small kiln and need some mandrels which are only about 6
inches long. Does anyone cut and finish (ground down the ends)their own mandrels and sell these? The only place I know which has the smaller ones has a large minimum order. I need about a dozen or two. Thanks, Patti |
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Patti,
I generally make my own mandrels. I buy my supplies at the local welding store and cut the mandrels to the size I want. With 1/16 I usually cut at 12" and then the 3/32 around 9". I cut the smaller ones longer because they sometimes get wonky and I can cut them back. They cut very easy with a regular wire cutter out of my husband's tool box. |
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Hi Patti.
Do you use a holder for them? Maybe the places that sell the holders sell the smaller mandrels? My fingers would burn off working that close! I know a lot of people buy their own welding rods and do it themselves for whatever size they need....but I'm not one of them. -- -------------------------------------- Lori Greenberg www.beadnerd.com ebay: http://snipurl.com/5wlc justbeads: http://snipurl.com/axek wrote in message oups.com... I have a small kiln and need some mandrels which are only about 6 inches long. Does anyone cut and finish (ground down the ends)their own mandrels and sell these? The only place I know which has the smaller ones has a large minimum order. I need about a dozen or two. Thanks, Patti |
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Hey Patti
If you contact me off group at denise(at)jglassbeadz.com you can mail me the longer mandrels and I will cut them down for you with my Taurus Band Saw - I use it for all of my mandrels and it cuts the steel like butter. Denise Glitzy Glass Studio www.glassbeadz.com |
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I do fused glass so I don't work with open flame. I'll have to check
into whether or not there's a welding place near here. I need the mandrels so I can do some beads and sandblast them, it's easier to sandblast when you have a mandrel "handle". Otherwise, I just use fiber paper to make a channel in the bead/pendants. Patti |
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Patti, I've been wondering what to do with all my slightly-bent
mandrels... I can cut them in half and send them to you! I've used them to make fused beads, but a girl only needs so many, as you know! Can you use 3/32" and 1/16", or do you prefer one over the other? wrote: I have a small kiln and need some mandrels which are only about 6 inches long. Does anyone cut and finish (ground down the ends)their own mandrels and sell these? The only place I know which has the smaller ones has a large minimum order. I need about a dozen or two. Thanks, Patti -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com |
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Kalera Stratton wrote: Patti, I've been wondering what to do with all my slightly-bent mandrels... I can cut them in half and send them to you! I've used them to make fused beads, but a girl only needs so many, as you know! Can you use 3/32" and 1/16", or do you prefer one over the other? wrote: I have a small kiln and need some mandrels which are only about 6 inches long. Does anyone cut and finish (ground down the ends)their own mandrels and sell these? The only place I know which has the smaller ones has a large minimum order. I need about a dozen or two. Thanks, Patti Kalera, That would be wonderful!! Either width would be fine. I want to make lots of sandblasted fused beads for the Bead Bazaar. Let me know the cost and I'll paypal the amount before you send them, ok? I can't wait for the Gathering this year -I am really pscyhed and it will be great to meet you in person. Patti -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com |
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