Klarinet Archive - Posting 000628.txt from 2001/11

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] reamers
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:50:04 -0500

Permit me a shamelessly commercial message:

To the best of my knowlege I am our group's only professional machinist.
Our shop also has the proper machinery for the production of tapered reamers
for mouthpieces, barrels and main joints. ( Yes, Clark, I make MP reamers
with spherical cutting ends.) Over the last couple of years I've made
various reamers for several of our group's members. I would not be averse
to making more.

Ed Maurey
----- Original Message -----
From: "CLARK FOBES " <reedman@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] reamers

> Tony is correct, there are plenty of places that sell adjustable reamers,
> but for the most part these are not suitable for adjusting mouthpieces or
> barrels.
>
> Commercially availanble adjustable reamers only cut one diameter and
cannot
> produce a taper. Also, the expanding portion of the reamer is near the
> meiddle of the tool and useles for boring mouthpieces except for perhaps
the
> exit bore.
>
> My total expense for two barrel reamers and 5 mouthpiece reamers has been
> about $2,500.
>
> Both machinists are no longer wiling to make these tools.
>
> Clark
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------