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How to Make Your Own Bracelet Mandrel from a Baseball Bat  More Recent Articles  Search The Beading Gem's Journal How to Make Your Own Bracelet Mandrel from a Baseball Bat I still don't have a proper bracelet mandrel. I did get some car exhaust piping from my local hardware store to help me shape and pound wire into bangles.  But a tapered one sure would be handy to do the same plus help make a small bangle larger. I never thought about baseball bats until friend and reader Aims sent me this cool tutorial. The instructor John Ahr shows how to saw up a baseball bat to create a bracelet mandrel complete with a tang so it can be held in a vise.   It does require some work to get this done plus proper saws.  My wood working uncle made me a wooden stepped ring mandrel.  Maybe I could ask him if he could make one for me? But it seems from this forum posting that some jewelry makers just use the bat as is.  One uses a youth aluminum baseball bat.  Another has been using a hickory pick ax handle for years.  If the wallet is a bit thin, consider looking out for unwanted baseball bats at yard sales. Before You Go: Lazee Daizee Viking Knit Tool Review Use Crimping Pliers to Tuck Wire Tails How to Debur Ear Wires  ______________________________ Original Post by THE BEADING GEM Jewelry Making Tips - Jewelry Business Tips           Share Your Comment! Share Your Comment! Related Posts How to Make a French Beaded Butterfly Hairpin Chess Bargello Earrings Tutorial Uses Up Scrap Polymer Clay How to Make Flower and Leaf Imprint Resin Tiles   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • More Recent Articles Circles of Fiber Statement Necklaces by Fiber2Love Winner of Endless Leather's $50 Supplies Giveaway | Stitched Silk and Leather Feature Book Review and Giveaway : Sensational Soutache Jewelry Making How to Make a French Beaded Butterfly Hairpin Use Your Odd Beads to Make a Garden Chime or Suncatcher How to Patina and Protect a Wire Wrapped Copper Pendant Chess Bargello Earrings Tutorial Uses Up Scrap Polymer Clay   Contact Me • Past Issues • Join This List • Unsubscribe     Click here to safely unsubscribe from "The Beading Gem's Journal." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.