Pro Wheel Mandrel

Easy to use. Better than others i have used.

easy to use and makes great wheels when used correctly. low speeds in a secured hand drill or drill press, never a dremel, way to fast. we always use 220 and 600 sandpaper wet.

I was hoping to be able to teach my 8 year old son about woodworking while building his pinewood derby car, instead I spent more time explaining about how to not cross thread a wheel mandrel...In short it is much easier to cross thread the screw on this mandrel than it is to thread it correctly, and it proved to be very frustrating for my son. Not sure if other brands have a similar problem but if I could go back in time I'd try a different brand first.

I was using this on a dremel that was held by a soft vice while I held sandpaper to the bottom of the wheel. The dremel dipped slightly and the mandrel head snapped off. I was on my second tire. Obviously my fault for not securing the dremel tightly enough in the vice, but it's not like the dremel or mandrel fell to the ground. It simply shifted in the vice and the pressure of me applying sandpaper was enough to snap it. I threw the broken mandrel away and finished the job using an axle nail. Worked much better than the mandrel. I found the axle installer a much more useful tool.