"Fortunat1" wrote in message
.. .
All hand reamers seem to be HSS which would put me back in the same
boat I'm already in so I was tempted by the carbide reamers I saw for
sale.

Suggest you ask someone in the Greater Seattle area to stop by Boeing
Surplus and buy a couple pounds of reamers for you. Last I remember they
were ~$3/lb.

Rich S.