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Old 2017-12-07, 11:20am
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Originally Posted by Chocake View Post
All of the above. Don't waste time on Harbor Fright. They have better quality rods at the welding supply and they're all cheap compared to mandrels. You can harden them a little more by heating them to cherry red (not really glowing) an dunking them in water a couple of times in quick succession. I've even gotten the shop guys to cut mine to length and de-bur the ends for me a time or two, if I ask really nice and take them cookies.
OOohhh, good tip on the cookies!

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