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2011-09-24, 7:29am
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Mandrel drying rack - free, make in 2 minutes!
Not quite enough for a tutorial, as it's just two pictures that speak for themselves.
I needed a way to dry a batch of mandrels, so I got a used cardboard box and cut it in half. Make sure the corrugations go up and down.
Works great for the 3/32" mandrels I like. 1/16" falls through, but still works. 1/8" works once, but damages the box in the process.
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2011-09-24, 7:41am
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Oooooh Joe, that's smart!
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2011-09-24, 7:43am
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Thanks. Just keep it away from the torch...
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2011-09-24, 7:46am
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That's pretty cool. Almost looks like a jail cell.  I use stryofoam sheet, maybe 1.5"-2" thick. I have a sheet/block of it for every size mandrel I use. The mandrels stand up straight and the styro lasts a long time. I'm always saving it out of packaging so it's free too.
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2011-09-24, 7:49am
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I have a flower pot filled with vermiculite or sand would work too. I use this to hold my mandrels while they are drying etc.
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2011-09-24, 8:09am
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Originally Posted by Three Muses Glass
That's pretty cool. Almost looks like a jail cell. I use stryofoam sheet, maybe 1.5"-2" thick. I have a sheet/block of it for every size mandrel I use. The mandrels stand up straight and the styro lasts a long time. I'm always saving it out of packaging so it's free too. |
The sound of pushing something in styrofoam bugs me. I don't understand it, as fingernails on chalkboard don't bother me.
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I have a flower pot filled with vermiculite or sand would work too. I use this to hold my mandrels while they are drying etc.
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I have a coffee can with sand that I use to hold them, but I find that I always get a few that want to touch if I put too many in.
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2011-09-24, 8:10am
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Great idea! Love it.
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2011-09-24, 8:19am
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2011-09-24, 8:31am
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Cool. I use baby wipe boxes (bottoms) and fill with cat litter, I have 2 sitting on a rolly cart right next to me.
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2011-09-24, 9:36am
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cool idea. My dh made thick wooden blocs with the holes drilled into them. They work great and are heavy enuf to not tip over.
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2011-09-24, 10:26am
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Old metal coffee can filled with kitty litter. But I like your idea too. 
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2011-09-24, 10:49am
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Excellent idea for a quick makeshift mandrel holder.
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2011-09-24, 12:05pm
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If I need a mandrel drier, I'll definitely keep that in mind! Clever idea!
I'm a dip and flame dry kind of girl.
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2011-09-24, 3:08pm
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Cool. I use baby wipe boxes (bottoms) and fill with cat litter, I have 2 sitting on a rolly cart right next to me.
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I think my cats would use that, too. Heck, I've got one that will use an empty box.
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2011-09-24, 3:09pm
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cool idea. My dh made thick wooden blocs with the holes drilled into them. They work great and are heavy enuf to not tip over.
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Eventually I'll do that, just don't have time now.
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2011-09-24, 8:54pm
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I use dirt in a pickle jar. Your design is probably better.
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2011-09-24, 11:26pm
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cool idea. My dh made thick wooden blocs with the holes drilled into them. They work great and are heavy enuf to not tip over.
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yep, this is what i have too - i've got four, each in different mandrel size and each holds eighty mandrels
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2011-09-25, 3:43am
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[quote=JEK3;3722608]Not quite enough for a tutorial, as it's just two pictures that speak for themselves.
I needed a way to dry a batch of mandrels, so I got a used cardboard box and cut it in half. Make sure the corrugations go up and down.
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Gosh, I actually like this alot. For years & years, I've just used a coffee can filled with sand, cheap-easy-whatever. But with your way, I'd have the inside of the box to place all the miscellaneous jars of release!!!!! I may just give this a whirl!!! Thanks, Joe!
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2011-09-25, 3:53am
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2011-09-25, 5:51am
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I have a flower pot filled with vermiculite or sand would work too. I use this to hold my mandrels while they are drying etc.
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This is what I have. I used fish tank gravel but I want to switch to sand. I put them in front of a fan so they dry quicker. 
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2011-09-25, 5:56am
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What is "oasis"?
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2011-09-25, 3:08pm
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oasis is that floral foam.
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2011-09-25, 3:17pm
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cool idea. My dh made thick wooden blocs with the holes drilled into them. They work great and are heavy enuf to not tip over.
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That's what I do. 2x4 chopped into one foot lengths. I draw a grid and drill at each intersection with a bit (1/16, 3/32, 3/16, whatever).
Of course you have to be careful to drill straight. Ask me how I know.
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2011-09-25, 4:09pm
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2011-09-25, 4:10pm
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That's what I do. 2x4 chopped into one foot lengths. I draw a grid and drill at each intersection with a bit (1/16, 3/32, 3/16, whatever).
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Astrid.. I don't have to... that's why I always remember to use my drill press now when I make those...
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2011-09-26, 11:01am
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I too took a 12 inch piece of 2 x 4 and drilled 2 rows of holes down the length of it about an inch apart. It holds 22 mandrels and I can set it at the back of the bench so that the radiant heat of the flame dries them.
Alb - gridlines? who needs grid lines? as long as the mandrels dont touch each other, you're good to go - hehehehe
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2011-09-26, 2:54pm
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old fashioned, here... my mandrels dry in the cup full of glass scrap on my bench... only tough to do when I have just emptied out the cup.
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2011-09-28, 3:00pm
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I use a clay flower pot with a piece of tape over the drain hole filled with colored sand. The sand is like what used to be used for sand paintings...or layered for designs years ago in glass containers. You can find the sand at Hobby Lobby or Michael's it comes in really purdy colors .
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2011-09-28, 11:04pm
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I love the cardboard box. I use a plastic ice cream container filled w rice
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2011-10-09, 5:22pm
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I have a flower pot filled with salt! It holds lots of mandrels.
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