get out of my wallet!

[mapleman]

jeeez, you guys just keep sucking me dry...

Zac just HAD to talk about Ruth Niles. And Doug just HAD to talk about Ruth Niles. And Cody just HAD to talk about Ruth Niles.

DANGIT - 'nother $80 down the vortex

yeeeehawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Doug B]

We're just trying to share the misery...you would just spend it on something useless like food anyway right? ;D

You won't regret getting those stoppers.

[sachbvn]

Agreed - you will love the stoppers.

Oh - and your welcome!


Zac

[boodrow]

I still havent went to using them as much as Id like too. Ive used um but havent had a the RN mandrel. Its on my list of soon to be puchases. Welcome to the hobby that will take lots of ur money.
Boodrow

[sdb777]

Sounds like you went for the 10 stopper package deal?

Had my eye on it even since everyone stated the quality on the other topic.




Scott (the vortex sucks the money from wallets) B

[mcbryde]

Would a round carbide turning tool be able to turn a PSI mandrel into a ruth niles mandrel? Just curious.

E

[sachbvn]

Unless it is a danger regarding breakage of the carbide - i'd imagine so. You ever nick a piece of spinning metal on the lathe? It certainly dings it - you could probably go real slow and be real careful - sharpen often - but is a regular gouge.

Not sure if the chuck would hold up to it though.

A RN mandrel is only $25 and it is worth it - I'd just go that route.


Zac

[Doug B]

It'd be much easier to turn a "bushing" that matched the Ruth Niles stoppers. It would need to be fairly thin so that you still get good grip on the threads in the bottle stopper blank, but very do-able. It could be made out of plastic or wood. For that matter the bushing could be made of aluminum, or brass, or copper if you had some big enough stock lying around

We could probably get one of the metal heads to turn a metal bushing on a metal lathe just for fun too. Might be a fun thing to do. I'm betting that a little metal bushing could be shipped for the cost of a stamp