Tapered reamer, yes again!

[Big Vern]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

Davey....

PM me your address & i,ll get it posted off to you, buy me a doughnut at Stoneleigh

cheers
andy

Ooohh! S t o n e l e i g h D o u g h n u t s hhmmm

[AshG]

spikehaus bought the doenuts last year. They were yummy after 3 days of bbq sausage.

[Davey]

Well the good news is the reamer arrived this morning and I was able to do my uprights this afternoon (perks of working for yourself ) so I was able to forward it to Twinturbo this afternoon.

Here's a few photos of my uprights being reamed:

I initially tried to do them "loose" lying on the bench but soon realised the upright needs to be held in a vice or fixture of some description so I removed the brake caliper and disc and clamped it in the vice.

008 shows the Maxi ball joint in the unreamed hole.

009 shows the reamer in the hole, the copper pipe is there simply to make the T bar a more comfortable diameter, not to extend it ( I have sent the copper tube along with the reamer to the next user).

010 shows the depth that the ball joint goes to after reaming, ignore the grubby paw holding it in place, the rubber boot wouldn't let it sit at its lowest.

D.

P.S. the reamer was showing some wear so I gave it a few wipes on a diamond sharpening stone before I did mine and it worked a treat. Please do not turn the reamer backwards as this will ruin the cutting edges.

D.

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Davey

P.S. the reamer was showing some wear so I gave it a few wipes on a diamond sharpening stone before I did mine and it worked a treat. Please do not turn the reamer backwards as this will ruin the cutting edges.

D.

Ooops

Davey..... sorry for the delay, but glad it did the job for you.

cheers
andy

[Davey]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

Ooops

Davey..... sorry for the delay, but glad it did the job for you.

cheers
andy

No sweat mate, it did the job a treat. I wasn't having a go by mentioning that it was showing wear, by the very nature of what it does it will wear away. just thought I'd mention that I'd resharpened it and it worked beautifully. If anyone ever needs to sharpen such a tool use a diamond sharpening stone, it should only need a few wipes to bring it back to "as new" condition.

Thanks for sending it, D.

[HandyAndy]

I know you weren,t "having a go" Davey

I was just acknowledging my mistake, that possibly blunted it prematurely

cheers
andy

[twinturbo]

recived

Will do mine over the weekend hopefully ( if the dishwasher does not pack up again ).

TT

[Davey]

Good show, will the next user of the reamer please make their request here and PM their postal address to TT .

D.

[mdasseville]

Hi guys

If i could put my name down that would be great

Cheers

Mike

[twinturbo]

Finsihed mine off tonight, so will pop it in the post in the next day or so.

Cheers

Rob