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Old January 22nd 07, 11:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Default Need Info On Reamers


"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote

You are talking about grinding the OD of one of these bad boys?
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=8311


Yep/ That's the type.

Make a widget to hold a small angle grinder on its side, with a pivot and a
screw for advancing the grinder a bit at a time. Make it so that it will
work clamped to a drill press table.

Put the drill bit in the drill press, and push the bit up and down past the
spinning grinder. Advance the grinder a bit at a time, and stop to check
the progress often.

It works. I've done it before. I am a bit "Rube Goldbergish" at times.
That comes in handy, for a homebuilder.

Of course, if you know someone who works in a machine shop, he could do the
job in a tenth of the time. Where's the fun in that, though?
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Jim in NC