Adjustable Reamers

OakRidgeGuy

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Hello,

Need some help here.. not needing this item as of right now.. but will need some in the future.. I will need some adjustable reamers, prob will need them made. I will be needing to do some specific dia's.. such as .243, .308, .223 and such.

Doc
 
Hello,

Need some help here
1.... not needing this item as of right now.
2.....but will need some in the future
3.... I will need some adjustable reamers,
4.... prob will need them made
5.....I will be needing to do some specific dia's.. such as .243, .308, .223 and such.

Doc

Sounds like you need help alright but only you can make the decision start the multistep path to recovery.:lmao: First you must learn the difference between "need" and "want". By the way the steps to recovery do not include "needing" more tools.

Just kidding!:whiteflag:

Why do you want adjustable reamers? You stated specific sizes. Is the problem that these are not standard reamer sizes? Are you saying you may want to try making your own reamers?

If you are wanting to make your own I will see what information I have on the subject. Somewhere I have an old tool design book printed back in the day that a machinist made his own tools. I will try and find it and see what it has in the way of reamer design. It is old enough to no longer be copyrighted so I could probably post information from it if not already on the net. It has been several years since I have referred to it but I do recall that a lot of design detail was included for some of the cutting tools.

Benny
The Orphanage Never Closes
 
So that I can go plus or minus to the specific dia of a particular bullet.. they are not always consistant in the dia.. Gotta be able to leave some room.. but not too much.. In other words.. the reamer mid dia should be the specific general dia.. ie 308, but because bullets are not always that exact from the different companys, I will need to adjust the chamber of the die for the bullet so that there is very little if any movement and will be exclusive to that brand of bullet that the end user is using.

Let me add, I like trying to plan things way in front of a presumed start line of when I might want to be doing something.. just trying to see if this can be done, so that when I do get my lathe.. I will already be one step ahead in the planning stages.
 
Commercially, the better established reamer makers supply in a myriad of size range. The normal increment is by .001, with additional spread + & - .0002, and the more common .0005 under. Adding metric choices to that, about any size will be OTC.
Make sure to invest or build floating reamer holders. Diameters you mention are target and precision shooting calibers, one holder might cover them. Reamer shank sizes are standardized among different cutter diameters. An ideal throat reaming would float a full length shank, helical flutes; right hand twist with left hand cut. As they don't self feed, occurrence of chatter will be VERY low. Barrel steels are high machinability but soft, differing from more tolerant annealed tool steels. Another trick would have the reamer front ground to land diameter and re-chamfer setback cutting edges.
I recommend investment also in Deltronic type incremental gauge pins. They differ from common gauge pin sets [choice is over .0002- - - under .0002] supplied in .001 increments. Deltronic and the others are a tray of size needed in .0001 increments. Use a carbide faced micrometer in .0001 to measure a sampling of bullets, and compare to exact match Deltronic. Near perfection would use an Indicating or Bench Micrometer, and many times faster.

BTW. In sixth grade, class was tasked book reports from a biography. We used school library, normal kids went straight to historic identities; Washington, Lincoln, Pasteur, Edison etc. Very linear, I started with "A"; remember passing up Abigail Adams, with a 'nahh'.
One row later, J.M.Browning was in my hand. Firearms were already interesting, but his abilities, ultimate Toolmaker, bowled me over. Shortly thereafter, when asked about career ideas, when same normal kids reply doctor, policeman, fireman, pilot....lol none ever say insurance agent or lawyer. I said loudly, 'Machinist', only because term Toolmaker was yet unknown to me.

Occurs to me right now, wishing someone made a list, might have been the only one focused on a trade.
But while they're sitting now to watch "How It's Made", WE already know.
 
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