Upright machining?

[AshG]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

i did mine as Dogwood suggests,

a little at a time, keep checking that you haven,t gone too far,

takes about 10 mins per upright, do it like tapping a thread, half turn in quarter turn back.... keeps the cutting edge of the reamer clean of swarf & helps get a clean cut on the steel.

cheers
andy

thats funny andy if you look at this quote of yours back in august you said it took you 15mins a side

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

took me about 15 minutes for eachside by hand, just keep checking that you don,t go too far,
whilst turning the reamer just keep downwards pressure on it so that it is actually cutting.

andy

thats a sign of working too many long hours, you loose all perspective of time