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How do you hold the chamber reamer?
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<blockquote data-quote="oscer" data-source="post: 817851" data-attributes="member: 29801"><p>Thanks for the response fellas, I see I found someone who frequents the PM forum. I've read some of the debate over there on through the headstock vs. between centers chambering and it sometimes degrades into folks just bashing each other. I'm not trying to set up a situation like that here, I'm just trying to figure out the way to proceed with this project.</p><p> Some folks have stated that floating reamer holders can introduce chatter into the job and I'm hoping to avoid that. The method outlined in the John Hinnant book is the between centers method. It seems to me though, that the barrel would be held more rigid in the through the headstock method which should help to prevent chatter even if the reamer is not held tightly, but if the barrel is spinning on the steady fingers and the reamer is floating, I don't know... sounds like I'm asking it to chatter. Thats the reason I was considering the ER 40 collets plus I have one hand free to hit the kill switch as opposed th Mr. Hinnants method of holding the reamer with a wrench. I could always wire a foot or knee operated kill switch through the drive to solve that problem though. </p><p> My lathe is pretty long through the spindle and I would have to make some sort of jig to hold and align the muzzle end of the barrel if I decided to go that route.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oscer, post: 817851, member: 29801"] Thanks for the response fellas, I see I found someone who frequents the PM forum. I've read some of the debate over there on through the headstock vs. between centers chambering and it sometimes degrades into folks just bashing each other. I'm not trying to set up a situation like that here, I'm just trying to figure out the way to proceed with this project. Some folks have stated that floating reamer holders can introduce chatter into the job and I'm hoping to avoid that. The method outlined in the John Hinnant book is the between centers method. It seems to me though, that the barrel would be held more rigid in the through the headstock method which should help to prevent chatter even if the reamer is not held tightly, but if the barrel is spinning on the steady fingers and the reamer is floating, I don't know... sounds like I'm asking it to chatter. Thats the reason I was considering the ER 40 collets plus I have one hand free to hit the kill switch as opposed th Mr. Hinnants method of holding the reamer with a wrench. I could always wire a foot or knee operated kill switch through the drive to solve that problem though. My lathe is pretty long through the spindle and I would have to make some sort of jig to hold and align the muzzle end of the barrel if I decided to go that route. [/QUOTE]
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