Ring Mandrel Comparison and review!

[@brandonringstad]

Recently I have been making wood bushings for each ring. This is very helpful! Thank you!

[@DreamwoodRings]

That sounds like a lot of work! I am glad this was helpful! Thank you :)

[@danielbrown5630]

Hi there, I’m a novice machinist and brand new to ring making. I saw you indicating off the ring, I wondered for here at home, do you have a method for verifying if there is any runout in the ring itself to get a close idea of the accuracy of the fixtures themselves? I know in the case of this video you were going for relative comparisons. I couldn’t quite tell if your indicator had any preload, for some fixtures it appeared to have some and for others it didn’t. All the same, I appreciate the demonstration of what’s available!

[@DreamwoodRings]

Hey Daniel, I tried my best to 0 out every mandrel. For rings at home I'm not quite sure! If you find a way let me know. I've never really had a problem with the minimum amount of runout though. Thanks for the comment and for watching!

[@CSSkoolieProject]

I appreciate this video man. I just started my ring making journey and will be buying the CF mandrels This week from you. I bought the artisan chuck and am happy with it, but I agree that I don't have enough room. I also have your set of jaws as well as the boring tool knob in my cart also. What a great idea! Pretty badass that you offer at such a great price. Thanks a ton!

[@DreamwoodRings]

Thank you for watching and the support! I hope you like the carbon fiber mandrels!

[@pattyphipps197]

New at turning .. Thanks for explaining the collet chuck holder in the beginning. For that I subscribed !! It was extremely helpful. Question .. why might my wood ring not be the same thickness all the way around. It measures 6 mm at its thinnest and creeps up to 9 mm as I go around the ring ? Ty

[@DreamwoodRings]

Thank you! Happy to hear that helped. It could be wobbling on the lathe, or just cut crooked?

[@Leftturn64]

Very nice and informative. I have a question. not sure f it is your channel where I saw it. I have a piece of wood. quite special to me. I want to mount it on a 8mm inlay blanc. Not sure, if I break it apart (2 Pieces) how will i mount it? ow will i compensate for the loss of meterial where the break is. if you can assist, that would be great, or just point me in a direction please.

[@DreamwoodRings]

Hi I have a video on that very thing! Check under videos and how to inlay wood and antler. You just need to make your wood inside diameter around .1-.2mm bigger than the ring diameter for it to fit perfectly.

[@robertstarner8083]

When you use the “Unimandrel” on your metal lathe, how do you attach it to the head stock??? Three jaw chuck…..Four jaw chuck??? Thank you

[@DreamwoodRings]

I am currently using a 3 jaw chuck. I'd love a collet chuck though!

[@jstarr3676]

Third mandrel, i too have a jet midi lathe, don't like the expanding mandrel(second one) do I need the extra tool to get it to fit in my headstock or is it good on its own?

[@DreamwoodRings]

All of these will need something that holds the 1/2" shaft except for the screw on one.

[@jstarr3676]

@DreamwoodRings what do you use/suggest?

[@busterwest1644]

Looking to move into ring making at that was very informative Thank you

[@DreamwoodRings]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rickbadessa4897]

How do you pull out the livestock end piece after your ring is complete... Seems like it might wedge itself in

[@DreamwoodRings]

@@rickbadessa4897 do you mean on the Nylon mandrels, or the collet chuck?

[@rickbadessa4897]

@@DreamwoodRings nylon

[@pedroelcubano1]

Awesome....whats the size of your clampling collect?

[@DreamwoodRings]

Thank you! I believe 1/2"

[@carolmendenhall5285]

Do you have a link for the lathe that I would need to buy to make these rings

[@DreamwoodRings]

Hi Carol, any table top wood lathe would do the trick! You can start with a cheap harbor freight wood lathe if you wanted to!

[@contrailmodels]

What type of lathe do you have? I see it is a JET but what type metal or wood and HP or does it really matter when dealing with rings

[@DreamwoodRings]

sorry for the delay! I have a Jet 1221 lathe. I started out on the small harbor freight lathe though.

[@smithcrafters1479]

Interesting video. I’m actually in the middle of designing myself a new mandrel, because the runout I’m getting isn’t acceptable on everything else I have. I’m looking for fairly high precision, and I’m hoping for less than 0.003” of runout when it’s finished.

[@DreamwoodRings]

That would be amazing! Thanks for watching, If you get it worked out I would love to see the final product.

[@smithcrafters1479]

@@DreamwoodRings will do. I found your profile on Instagram, I’m more active there so I’ll reach out to you over there

[@jaivenmayvis5811]

What is the brand/name of the fancy expensive one?

[@DreamwoodRings]

That one is from Ringsupplies. Called Unimandrel. We have since released a similar one that I should do this same test . shopdreamwood.com/products/centering-ring-mandrel-carbon-fiber-nylon

[@MerlynNY]

Do you have a link where you got your morse taper collet chuck?

[@DreamwoodRings]

amzn.to/3gTKFCK here is the chuck amzn.to/3B1VHwq Here is the collet set

[@MerlynNY]

@@DreamwoodRings thank so much! Been making pens on my lathe for the past two years and want to give rings a try. Great video. Very informative!

[@DreamwoodRings]

@@MerlynNY nice! Thank you for watching, and I. Always happy to help.

[@tonyandbevjordan7363]

What was the dimension of mandrel for DREMEL please? Will not it down this time. Can’t find all conversations.

[@DreamwoodRings]

I believe dremel max shank size is a little less than 1/4 inch.

[@notsure1384]

If you use the proper sized bushings on the artisan mandrel for the ring size you're turning, clearance shouldn't be an issue.

[@DreamwoodRings]

Yes you do get enough clearance, but with sanding I like to be able to flatten out the sand paper to make sure I am not oversanding into the channel. And with the pieces on the edges it makes that difficult.

[@minniemouse7803]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@DreamwoodRings]

Thank you! Since the video we have released our own centering mandrel as well.

[@susieholmes3037]

bushings :)

[@DreamwoodRings]

Haha thank you!!