Fortunat1 wrote:
"Morgans" wrote in
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Of course, getting a real chart with the tool, material, and the
correct tool speed and feed speed or pressure it the "best" way to
go at it. g

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.

Is this unneccesarily complicated? We're talking about .090 4130 here with
a 5/16" hole. Wing attach and strut brackets for mounting onto a wooden
spar for the most part..


You could chuck the reamer, and use the chuck key to turn it. A piece
of 1/4" rod (cut threads off long bolt) also make a nice turning handle.



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