Trying to ream 3/16" dowel holes. Put a .187" reamer in a .187 ER25 collet holder. Checked it with an indicator. Over .01" run out. Give it a tap and check again. Still .01 run out but now it's on the other side. Tap and check, tap and check, over and over again. Finally I think I have just right and run the part...check the holes...over size. I know, I know I should have run a test piece. But, after fighting with this friggin reamer for over half an hour I just wanted to get it done. Now I have to do it over again. I hate reamers!
Why is it such a pain in the butt to get a reamer to run true. There has got to be a better/faster way. I mean this is the way it was done 25 and 50 years ago.
Has any body here used a floating reamer holder? Are they worth the money? What other tricks are there to get a reamer running true?
Thanks