Anyone using a reamer or drill press (or something other than a rotary tool) to open up chambers?

thanks

matt

Various sized/shaped files ground to a sharp graver edge on the end.  DIY sanding sticks (worn out files, bent, with 80+ grit sandpaper glued to them as needed.

--- On Wed, 5/18/11, Matthew <matthew.voss@sterlingnational.com> wrote:

From: Matthew <matthew.voss@...>
Subject: [MouthpieceWork] Chamber work
To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 10:16 PM







 



  


    
      
      
      Anyone using a reamer or drill press (or something other than a rotary tool) to open up chambers?



thanks



matt





    
     

    
    


 



  

I use a swiss army knife and I sharpen it often.  I am a scraper and  
use a large and small Swiss Army Knife.  No power tools for me.   I  
open the facing first and then the scraping begins.  I thin the rails  
and widen the window and reshape the baffle.

I finish it with many, many popsicle sticks and sandpaper.   I bend  
and twist and carve the popsicle sticks.  I also eat the popsicle.  I  
made a jig to hold the mpcs.

So I guess my answer is no.

JIm Turner

On May 18, 2011, at 6:16 PM, Matthew wrote:

> Anyone using a reamer or drill press (or something other than a  
> rotary tool) to open up chambers?
>
> thanks
>
> matt
>
>
> 

I use a lot of pressure, so popsicle sticks would break.  

i finish the shaping/polishing with strips of thick leather glued to the files and various grades of rock cutting/polishing grit, in an oily goo.



--- On Thu, 5/19/11, James Turner <turner@...> wrote:

From: James Turner <turner@...>
Subject: Re: [MouthpieceWork] Chamber work
To: MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew" <matthew.voss@...>
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 1:47 AM







 



  


    
      
      
      I use a swiss army knife and I sharpen it often.  I am a scraper and use a large and small Swiss Army Knife.  No power tools for me.   I open the facing first and then the scraping begins.  I thin the rails and widen the window and reshape the baffle.
I finish it with many, many popsicle sticks and sandpaper.   I bend and twist and carve the popsicle sticks.  I also eat the popsicle.  I made a jig to hold the mpcs.
So I guess my answer is no.
JIm Turner
On May 18, 2011, at 6:16 PM, Matthew wrote:
Anyone using a reamer or drill press (or something other than a rotary tool) to open up chambers?

thanks

matt




    
     

    
    


 



  

Yes.  Nevermind the reamer, you don't need that kind of accuracy, just drill.  Hold it in a vise, a V on the moveable jaw and an angled insert the exact angle of the table w/r/t the bore against the fixed jaw.  I'll post a photo of my setup for this later.

This is no help for a large chamber, though.  You could use a boring bar for a little ways but it won't be long before you get to where the floor hits the bore.  Past there, you need CNC to do it mechanically.

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew" <matthew.voss@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone using a reamer or drill press (or something other than a rotary tool) to open up chambers?
> 
> thanks
> 
> matt
>

Awesome.  Thanks Morgan - this is what I was looking for.


--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Morgan" <frymorgan@...> wrote:
>
> Yes.  Nevermind the reamer, you don't need that kind of accuracy, just drill.  Hold it in a vise, a V on the moveable jaw and an angled insert the exact angle of the table w/r/t the bore against the fixed jaw.  I'll post a photo of my setup for this later.
> 
> This is no help for a large chamber, though.  You could use a boring bar for a little ways but it won't be long before you get to where the floor hits the bore.  Past there, you need CNC to do it mechanically.
> 
> --- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew" <matthew.voss@> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone using a reamer or drill press (or something other than a rotary tool) to open up chambers?
> > 
> > thanks
> > 
> > matt
> >
>

I've put a couple of photos up in a "workholding" folder.  pardon the chips everywhere.  One is of a mouthpiece held like I suggested, the V is ground into the moveable jaw on the toolmaker's vise.  The other shows the angle plate, it has a knob that sits in the window as a stop.  
HTH
Morgan
 
--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew" <matthew.voss@...> wrote:
>
> Awesome.  Thanks Morgan - this is what I was looking for.
> 
> 
> --- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Morgan" <frymorgan@> wrote:
> >
> > Yes.  Nevermind the reamer, you don't need that kind of accuracy, just drill.  Hold it in a vise, a V on the moveable jaw and an angled insert the exact angle of the table w/r/t the bore against the fixed jaw.  I'll post a photo of my setup for this later.
> > 
> > This is no help for a large chamber, though.  You could use a boring bar for a little ways but it won't be long before you get to where the floor hits the bore.  Past there, you need CNC to do it mechanically.
> > 
> > --- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew" <matthew.voss@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone using a reamer or drill press (or something other than a rotary tool) to open up chambers?
> > > 
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > matt
> > >
> >
>

Really awesome - thanks again.

--- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Morgan" <frymorgan@...> wrote:
>
> I've put a couple of photos up in a "workholding" folder.  pardon the chips everywhere.  One is of a mouthpiece held like I suggested, the V is ground into the moveable jaw on the toolmaker's vise.  The other shows the angle plate, it has a knob that sits in the window as a stop.  
> HTH
> Morgan
>  
> --- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew" <matthew.voss@> wrote:
> >
> > Awesome.  Thanks Morgan - this is what I was looking for.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Morgan" <frymorgan@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes.  Nevermind the reamer, you don't need that kind of accuracy, just drill.  Hold it in a vise, a V on the moveable jaw and an angled insert the exact angle of the table w/r/t the bore against the fixed jaw.  I'll post a photo of my setup for this later.
> > > 
> > > This is no help for a large chamber, though.  You could use a boring bar for a little ways but it won't be long before you get to where the floor hits the bore.  Past there, you need CNC to do it mechanically.
> > > 
> > > --- In MouthpieceWork@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew" <matthew.voss@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Anyone using a reamer or drill press (or something other than a rotary tool) to open up chambers?
> > > > 
> > > > thanks
> > > > 
> > > > matt
> > > >
> > >
> >
>