Reaming

"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.

"Rich S." wrote in
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"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.



Hmm, good one. I could alos use the press to regulate the pressure on the
tool easily enough that way..