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Author:  Wendell Harvey [ Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:02 pm ]
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Do any of you know where I can get a bridge pin reamer? Man they want a lot of gold for them at the luthier stores. I have spent the better part of the day and am tired so figured I would post for some help. Just finishing my first guitar and can't string it up. I need a 3 degree reamer for bridge pins.
Thanks guys.







Time is not wasted if your only wasting time.
Author:  Tom West [ Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:10 pm ]
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Wendell: If you are going to continue building,just bite the bullet. On the other hand for the most part Martin dosen't waste time reaming bridge pin holes.
Tom
Author:  jac68984 [ Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:11 pm ]
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Spend the money on the proper tool. Cheaper reamers will waste both your time and your money.
Author:  Pmaj7 [ Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:11 pm ]
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You might want to put 'reamer' in the subject line. I always used to use a hardware store $12 reamer and it seemed to work fine. I don't know what taper they are. I'm sure a taper matching the pins is more ideal.
Author:  J.L.K. Vesa [ Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:36 pm ]
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A cheapie way to ream pin holes is to find a file with proper sized tang,
then grind edge to it. Works more like a scraper than cutting edge,
but works reasonably well anyway. I used it for a couple of my firsts,
but finally I realized bridge is not a place to leave anything up to a chance,
so I bought a proper reamer.
Author:  bluescreek [ Sat Aug 25, 2012 6:14 pm ]
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Industrial supply stores will be a better source than Stew Mac
Author:  TimAllen [ Sat Aug 25, 2012 11:32 pm ]
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Until you get a decent reamer you can get it part-way with a cheap hardware store repairman's reamer or somesuch, then wrap sandpaper around a bridge pin and get it the rest of the way. This cheapo solution can result in the holes getting widened off-center, etc. etc., so watch what's happening carefully. Also it takes too long and is a general PIA, so I'm not saying anyone should do it, but it is an option.
Author:  Spyder [ Sat Aug 25, 2012 11:53 pm ]
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I have a reamer I bought to do tuing pegs and end pin on a violin kit I was building, but I get confused over the taper angle. Will it work on bridge pins? How big a deal is the taper angle, and does anyone have a preference?
Author:  DennisK [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:22 am ]
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You're welcome to have my Grizzly reamer if you want it. It's just going to waste sitting in my tool box since I upgraded. You'll definitely want to get a good one like StewMac or LMI sells eventually, but the cheap one does work. Just takes a lot more pressure and rotations to get there.
Author:  Wendell Harvey [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:39 am ]
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Reamer Quest.
Thanks to all for your kind response and help. DennesK, if your Grissley reamer is a 3 degree
I would be happy to take it off your hands for a price, not freeby.
Thanks All
W.
Author:  klooker [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:05 am ]
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bluescreek wrote:
Industrial supply stores will be a better source than Stew Mac


John,
I've looked through industrial supply catalogs (MSC, McMaster, Grainger) but I've never been able to find reamers listed by angle - they're usually listed by taper pin size or Morse Taper number.

Do you know which size corresponds to 3 degree and 5 degree? Or is there a different supplier I should check with?

Kevin Looker
Author:  DennisK [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:14 am ]
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Wendell Harvey wrote:
Reamer Quest.
Thanks to all for your kind response and help. DennesK, if your Grissley reamer is a 3 degree
I would be happy to take it off your hands for a price, not freeby.
Thanks All
W.

Yep, it's this one http://www.grizzly.com/products/3-Bridge-Pin-Reamer/H5808, although I think it was $15 when I bought it. I certainly wouldn't turn down 5 or 10 bucks if you wish to pay, but I don't mind passing it along for free either. Want me to mail it, or shall I swing by for a visit sometime? Always fun to meet other local builders :)
Author:  Stuart Gort [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:06 pm ]
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Another source perhaps.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#taper-reamers/=j0pf2n
Author:  Shaw [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:37 pm ]
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I own a couple of nice ones but if I didn't want to spend a lot of money I would go with the grizzly if I needed one. $20
Author:  Clay S. [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:13 pm ]
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I first drill the holes with a tapered drill bit then ream with the sharpened tang of a file. I use a counter sink and stop collar on the drill bit to recess the ball end of the bridge pin a little. Trevor Robinson describes making tapered reamers for boring woodwinds in his book "the Amateur Wind Instrument Maker". If home made reamers work for woodwinds I think they are plenty fine for bridge pins.
Author:  NWflyonly [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:45 pm ]
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I got mine on eBay and it wasn't
pricey.

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