Hi
If I have a hand reamer with a parallel shank can it somehow be "floated" from the tailstock to ream a drilled hole or must a machine reamer with tapered shank in a floating chuck be used ?
Or at the end of the day is it better to just use the hand reamer by hand out of the lathe???
Hope this makes sense.
regards Tim
Assuming it has a center hole in the back why not use a tap wrench to hold it, and the tailstock to guide it? That said Ive used han reamers in the mill by just 'chucking' them in a collet on the shank, and that worked ok for what I needed
Dave
Same here.
Regards, Tony
You can get floating reamer holders with collets, I've got one for my mill. Alternatively put a chuck in an MT floating holder, though the weight might then become an issue. I should think holding it in a tailstock chuck will do a better job than holding it by hand, depending in part on how good your tailstock alignment is.
Tim
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