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Reamer Malfuction
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<blockquote data-quote="cuutter" data-source="post: 794680" data-attributes="member: 12053"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hello Guys, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I've never had this happen before in the many barrels I have chambered. I would appreciate any input you can give me. Brand new reamer, 2/3rds. the way through the chamber, oiled everything up, seated the reamer and just started to move it in (0.010"-0.015") and it like caught and broke the handle off of my Bald Eagle Reamer Holder. I removed the reamer and it didn't look like it was damaged. Bore scoped the chamber and couldn't see anything really out of place. Sanded the chamber, fixed the handle on the reamer holder and inserted it again and that's when the reamer caught again and broke. I ream at 90 rpm and feed it pretty slow, lots of oil.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Any input would be much appreciated. I have enough room to cut the tennon off and start again, but don't know if that's the fix.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thanks for the help.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Wayne</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cuutter, post: 794680, member: 12053"] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Hello Guys, [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I've never had this happen before in the many barrels I have chambered. I would appreciate any input you can give me. Brand new reamer, 2/3rds. the way through the chamber, oiled everything up, seated the reamer and just started to move it in (0.010"-0.015") and it like caught and broke the handle off of my Bald Eagle Reamer Holder. I removed the reamer and it didn't look like it was damaged. Bore scoped the chamber and couldn't see anything really out of place. Sanded the chamber, fixed the handle on the reamer holder and inserted it again and that's when the reamer caught again and broke. I ream at 90 rpm and feed it pretty slow, lots of oil.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Any input would be much appreciated. I have enough room to cut the tennon off and start again, but don't know if that's the fix.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Thanks for the help.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Wayne[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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