[Boatanchors] Chassis Mechanical Question

[Garey Barrell]

Jim -

Those work fine, IF you have a drill press.  They are iffy at best with a hand drill, and useless if you don't have 
either one!  :-)

I cut many a hole with the reamer and a Crescent wrench on the tang.  Far from ideal, but 'within budget'......

73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA

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Jim Wilhite wrote:
> Harbor Freight sells a set of two step drills for much less, on the order of 18 bucks.  They are sized from 1/16 to 1 
> 3/8, including the necessary 1 1/4 step.  I think one could purchase a number of them for the price of the plumber's 
> reamer. I have used them with cutting oil and running them slow with good success, including enlarging a 7 pin tube 
> socket hole to a 9 pin size.
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> YIKES!!!!!
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> I just did a search for a reamer, and one like the one I've had for 40 years is $275!   I know I didn't spend over $5
> for it.  I KNOW there's been some inflation, but YIKES!!   Guess I should take better care of it.....
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> Chuck McGregor wrote:
>> You can get a plumber's reamer that chucks in a carpenter's brace.  That was what I used for chassis holes for the 
>> first 30 years of my radio hobbies.
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