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267310 Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> 2018‑12‑10 Re: ssshhhh...........I finished something
And here are the dimensions for the home-made wooden one:

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You will also need a matching gauge block to match the reamer like this one:

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Click left and right for use of the thing.  Drill and ream a hole in a piece
about  1-1/2” thick, then split it down the centerline of the reamed hole giving
you 2 identical blocks with the negative of your tenon.  As you turn on the
lathe, fit the block to your tenon as you go.

I started on this path about 2003 and at the time there was not much available,
I use one of the one-piece steel reamers in a brace and I can't imagine using it
in a dr*ll m*t*r as it goes so fast.

Ed Minch

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