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How do you hold the chamber reamer?
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<blockquote data-quote="oscer" data-source="post: 817166" data-attributes="member: 29801"><p>Hi fellas, I'm tooling up for my first rifle build and I've read the book "The complete guide to precision rifle barrel fitting" by John Hinnant. Mr Hinnant shows the reamer being held by hand in a home made wrench and being pushed by a dead center in the tail stock.</p><p> There is a fella over on "Practical Machinist" who sets the barrel up with a little "float room " in the steady rest and holds the reamer in the tail stock with an ER 40 collet chuck. Essentially he is reaming between centers with the piloted reamer becoming the tail stock center once the reamer begins to cut, when the reamer is retracted the barrel is resting on the steady fingers. I like the sound of this set up because I'd have one hand free to hit the kill switch and I also like the Idea of retracting the reamer with the tail stock hand wheel. However as I said I've never built a rifle before, so I would appreciate hearing your comments. Thanks oscer</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oscer, post: 817166, member: 29801"] Hi fellas, I'm tooling up for my first rifle build and I've read the book "The complete guide to precision rifle barrel fitting" by John Hinnant. Mr Hinnant shows the reamer being held by hand in a home made wrench and being pushed by a dead center in the tail stock. There is a fella over on "Practical Machinist" who sets the barrel up with a little "float room " in the steady rest and holds the reamer in the tail stock with an ER 40 collet chuck. Essentially he is reaming between centers with the piloted reamer becoming the tail stock center once the reamer begins to cut, when the reamer is retracted the barrel is resting on the steady fingers. I like the sound of this set up because I'd have one hand free to hit the kill switch and I also like the Idea of retracting the reamer with the tail stock hand wheel. However as I said I've never built a rifle before, so I would appreciate hearing your comments. Thanks oscer [/QUOTE]
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