Reaming tuning pin holes

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Tue Sep 2 20:11:15 MDT 2008


> To ream or not to ream, that is the question.
> 
> I seem to recall from the initial post that there were two sizes
> of pins in this block.

Correct, which precludes ignoring the reaming pass.


> In that case you would have to determine the appropriate
> drill bit to use to suit your new pins.
> 
> I would also encourage you to look into Ron's two-bit method.

The first pass hole's already there. This would be pass two.


> If 2/0 were in there and were comfortably secure, I'd go with
> 3/0 throughout and ream accordingly to the density of the block.

A reasonable approach.
Ron N


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