Birdy, that could work, but would be so damn heavy, and you will have a lot of heat transfered to the end of that thick stick. Also because of the continued thickness of the 'mandrel' you will battle to maintain a hot area to work with. I really work these mandrels in the flame, and things do get hot in my studio!
I had my ring mandrels made for me. Any machine shop will be able to cut/grind the hardened steel ring bits for you, and then have it welded onto a thinner mandrel. I used some 3 mm mandrels that I had. The first lot were all on old slighly wonky mandrels.
I would love to see what you are all coming up with, and if you need any advice, just pm me. Thank you for the positive comments!
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