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I am a beginner woodturner. I've never tried twisting a pen without the mandrel lock, so I have nothing to compare it to. All I know is that I haven't had any issues with the mandrel bending, so I'm assuming it's working as it should. Because it works, I won't use the mandrel without it, and I risk bending it and rendering it unusable. I'd rather spend some money up front than change a more expensive part more often.

Where do I start? Agree with other 5 star reviews, this thing is essential for turning the handle, it eliminates the need for an end nut and completely eliminates mandrel wobble. I could go on and on but I will only repeat what others have already said. In short it was worth the money and I wish I had bought it much sooner it would have saved me a lot of frustration when I started learning :)

The mandrel holder hole is a little big and the further I get from the headstock the more the spring head moves. When I rotated the part of the tip that was closer to the tailstock, I had a lot more hits and it just made the whole rotation harder. But when I turned a part that was very close to the headstock, it became very smooth. In fact, I could wiggle the end of the mandrel in the mandrel mount. This in turn resulted in the knobs not matching the hub 100%. But I bought a heavy duty…