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Old January 24th 07, 01:39 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Dan[_2_]
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Default Need Info On Reamers

Maxwell wrote:
"Morgans" wrote in message
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"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?
--
Jim in NC


I think you and Dan have had a little too much torpedo juice!



'scuse me, I don't think battery acid is good to drink. I prefer the
good stuff: Pepsi™.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired