"Fortunat1" wrote in message
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OK, which brings me to another side of this, I guess. I'm hand reaming. By
that I mean I'm putting a tap handle on the reamer, sticking the work
piece
in a vice and going at it by twisting the thing by hand. Needless to say
it's nearly impossible to keep the reamer absolutely straight. Am I doing
this right? One suggestion I got was to use my drill press by rigging
something up to hand turn the drill spindle (no way I can get it to turn
slowly enough for reaming) in order to get the reamer straight in.

If you look at the top of your hand reamer, I'll bet you'll find a centering
hole. Chuck up a tapered center in the drill press and use it to steady the
top of the reamer.

Rich S.