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JerryVan wrote:

rgordon939 wrote:I have a Concert mandrel that needs a new feedscrew. How did you get yours off, with heat or pressure?

Rich Gordon

You need heat, the shaft is soldered to the mandrel.

By the other replies to your question, and by your own discovery, I see that I was wrong. Very happy to know it! Not because I enjoy being wrong, but because I learned something here. Thanks guys!!!

Stan and I bought an Edison Concert a couple of weeks ago and it had a small metal piece that made an annoying sound when the mandrel turned. I tried the candle repair first without results. Perhaps I did not show enough patience. Next I went to a torch on low and it worked perfectly. No more noise. Thank you fellow forum members. It was a timely thread for me.

Jerry Blais