Need Info On Reamers

Maxwell wrote:
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"Maxwell" wrote

No, ya got lost somewhere Dan. The question at this point is how do you
resize a forstner bit by dressing it, and how could it possibly be the
ideal bit to resize.

Turn down the outside, or grind down the outside. It is a relatively
small
height, and all solid, except for one or two small areas.
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Jim in NC

You are talking about grinding the OD of one of these bad boys?
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Geoff
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Thanks Geoff, that is the question on my mind too. If you could even find
one that was 11/16, you would have to pull .030 per side off of it to get an
oversized 5/8. If not, you would have to pull .060 per side off of a 3/4. I
don't see how you could do it without a tool grinder.



If you own a bench grinder, drill press or dremel equivalent make a
bracket out of sheet metal, phenolic or hardwood to hold the tool. It
sounds a tad Rube Goldburgish but it can be done. I made a few for
grinding lathe tools.

In the case of a rotating bit you need symmetry as much as size. It
seems to me you coulduse a wood block drilled to accept the tool shaft
at one end and drilled to make a pivot point at the other. A simple stop
like a machine screw could serve as an adjustable stop.

Visit a machine shop some time, you'll see some rather clever widgets
made for a one time use. You never know, they might have exactly what
you are looking for.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired