reamers

[vandenboom]

When periodically perusing the stewmac/lmi's catalogues, I always stop when I see reamers for bridge pin holes & machine head holes. I want them to improve quality but find them expensive for what they do, given that I think I'm getting by with drill bits and a cheap reamer from Total Tools. I must admit that the cheap reamer doesn't always produce a true circular hole.

Do any of you have other techniques for reaming, even if they take a bit more time?
Frank

[Bob Connor]

The Stewmac reamers are a good bit of kit Frank, and definitely worth the money.

Regards

[Allen]

I've got a couple of good reamers from Snap-On but they didn't make a perfect tapered hole either. I then got the Stew Mac 3 degee and don't regret it. They are very sharp and cut a perfect taper.

[P Bill]

You can make a peg taper to match the reamer .It's just a large pencil sharpener similar to stewmac's peg taper. No photos I can't find mine.

Bore a hole in a hardwood,ream it and expose the reamed taper just enough to see the peg. Screw or clamp a plane iron at the edge of the taper, adjust as needed. Use a sanding block to polish the peg.

I like the look of pegs on Flamincos and Benedetto's nylon string.

[kiwigeo]

The best reamer.....my wife

[jeffhigh]

The Stewmac tuner bushing reamers are really worth having, give a nice clean concentric hole sized right for the bushing.