Teflon Reamers (# of flutes)

[Lance Lafargue]

Now we're gettin' somewhere!  Thanks men!
Daniel, what did you use for a handle?  Just a regular vice?  Thanks!
Lance Lafargue, RPT
Mandeville, LA
New Orleans Chapter, PTG
lancelafargue@bellsouth.net
985.72P.IANO


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Daniel
Dover
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 11:22 AM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Teflon Reamers (# of flutes)


--- You wrote:
When I bought some Johnson Carbide was the supplier, and I was told they
supplied Steinway.  That was ten years ago.

It is important to get reamers with enought cutting flutes.  It is possible
to buy two-fluted reamers, but you need more than two cutting edges to
obtain
a clean round cut by hand.
--- end of quote ---

The reamers from MSC Industrial Supply have four flutes. They are $10 each,
compared to Pianotek's $20. You can order them in increments of 0.0005".
That
is, you can get 0.049, 0.0495, 0.050", etc.

The item description is:"HSS special decimal size straight flute chucking
reamers".

Phone for MSC: 800-645-7270.

Danny Dover
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH