----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Heskett" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 1:29:40 AM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Need a pix > > On Thursday 13 July 2017 20:44:44 dave wrote:
> > I've done similar ops on TLM, with varying degrees of success. But a > boring head is still on my list of tools to acquire. > > Chambering reamers need to be float mounted but restrained from > rotation, > and those mounts generally are tailstock inserts needing little red > wagonloads of money to put them on my real estate. The float mount is > so > they are self-centering in the bore for best accuracy. OTOH, I've > used > the Ackley-06 reamer 3 times now with the barrel still mounted in > the > action. I had an 8 point socket, 3/8" drive, whose OD was about 3 or > 4 > thou smaller that the bolt bore, cranked it with a 3/8 speed handle, > checking headspace with a previously fireformed case. Tedious, but > worked very well as I was able to get a headspace fit that may have > been .0005" shorter. Unfortunately, that socket left along with a > toolbox, in northern CA, in 1982. I haven't seen another like it > since, > or it would have followed me home. Maybe I don't know what you're looking for, but 8 point sockets aren't that hard to find. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Craftsman-11-Pc-8-Point-Easy-Read-1-2-3-8-in-Drive-Std-SAE-Star-Socket-Set-/272727889403?hash=item3f7fd955fb:g:LlsAAOSwMmBVqFNd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
