> There are a couple of sizes of reamers required for overhauling various
> components, but I don't recall the sizes offhand. Might as well wait
> until you
> need them anyway and just buy single sizes. Stay away from the cheap
> "adjustable" ones, but cheap fixed ones seem to work well for me.
Oops, forgot to add that I usually buy "chucking" reamers since they are much
cheaper than "hand" reamers. Not too hard to grind flats on the shank if you
want to grip them with a tap wrench, but I usually clamp the shank in the vise
and turn the part being reamed against the reamer. And for working in brass,
you should use a whetstone to reduce the cutting angle just a bit. Basically
just dull it a smidgeon by rubbing the stone on the backside of the cutting
edge, so the cutting edge doesn't "dig in" to the brass.
Randall
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