racer3j Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 (edited) Use what you have. This kept running in my head as I tried to figure out a solution that will not break the bank. Well, from the old racing days in stock cars, I have a taper ball joint reamer( two actually one for Mopar Upper arms and larger for GM lower A frames). Very close to the taper I want- maybe close enough to what I need. And, ta,da- I am a crazy person with 2 well equipped ShopSmiths. Why is SS relevant? Well, 1 1/8th Horsepower, less than .001 runout on the quill-a 1/2" router collet that does not require a Morse or Jacobs taper to hold tooling so any incidental side loading won't cause a tragedy, WIDE RANGE OF SPEEDS, And I have a gallon of "TapMagic." I think it is worth a try. And if I want a real tapered end mill, the one that hits my specs exactly is $59 and shipping. I also have a very good screwless sine machinists' vise with grooves to clamp to table. Once I scrounge the steel, I'll give it a try. Comments?jet Edited June 20, 2008 by racer3j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nett Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 (edited) I busted the motor mounts on a ShopSmith Edited June 19, 2008 by nett I can't speil for beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer3j Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 (edited) Good point! I have the huge 1/2" Milwaukee Drill that will break a wrist- that is what I drove those reamers with back then. It drove them in so well that you had to be careful not to expand too deep- you would lose the pressure fit. I might try my drillpress. It is a big old 1/2" Craftsman- don't know if I can slow it down enough. This will be a bit tougher because those were enlarging already tapered holes- if I step drill and use care it might go alright. Pilot hole, patience and coolant for this, then.jet Edited June 19, 2008 by racer3j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer3j Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) My ball joint reamer found(one of them)-- This is odd- I went to photobucket- my album named "edmunds4bar"(page 1) copied URL but hasn't worked. sorry Edited June 20, 2008 by racer3j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Place the image into the IForgeIron Gallery, then copy the linked thumbnail from the IFI Gallery into the IFI Forum text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer3j Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 Thanks-will do.jet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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