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Quick update... I cut facets in the reamer and it worked-out well. Since it's my first real utilization of the tool cutter/grinder, I'm going to skip those details -of the mindset that I do not wish to outline practices that I made-up on the fly. Suffice it to say, I used TDIs and just about everything else in the shop to set the angle properly and it seems to have worked. Basically, I eye-balled the amount of backside relief.
In order to test the angle, I whipped-out an aluminum hub with a rough internal taper done in the lathe then, reamed it by hand. The swarf packed up nicely in the cutting grooves and there was no backside rubbing. -And best of all, the hub fit on the spindle like a glove on the first shot. I feared I would end-up in the situation of getting it close then, nudging the angle, recutting the reamer and trying again. -I got lucky.
Ray
In order to test the angle, I whipped-out an aluminum hub with a rough internal taper done in the lathe then, reamed it by hand. The swarf packed up nicely in the cutting grooves and there was no backside rubbing. -And best of all, the hub fit on the spindle like a glove on the first shot. I feared I would end-up in the situation of getting it close then, nudging the angle, recutting the reamer and trying again. -I got lucky.
Ray