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    [Woodwind instruments making] making reamers

    Here is my second article about woodwind instrument making, it's about reamers, straight and conical.
    Here again, the information is very difficult to find on the web, I hope this will help some beginner makers.


    I explain two different technics, the one I used before I had a mill, and the preferred one, with a mill.

    In English : Tapered Reamers

    In French : Alésoirs coniques

    In terms of tooling, there are interesting new stuff showed in this article :

    - A spreadsheet for establishing a machining plan for roughing out a cone with steps :
    Spreadsheet

    - How to make any profile reamer, especially when copying an existing instrument, not really conical :



    - My sort of tournebroche for holding the reamer while grinding the flute




    - Very useful info : the fixture for holding the blank reamer for milling the flute.
    Believe me, I have used several of them, this one is the most efficient and versatile for different sizes


    - example of straight reamer, with three flutes:



    - How to sharpen, raise the burr


    - example of finished reamers :

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    Thanks Christophe Mineau! We've added your Cone Machining Spreadsheet to our Machining category,
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    Thanks Christophe Mineau! We've added your Reamer Grinding Setup to our Metalworking category,
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    Thanks Christophe Mineau! We've added your Flute Milling Fixture to our Milling category,
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    What craftsmanship, beautiful work.
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    You are a master and I love how well you show all your steps.
    Very nice work
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    Thanks Christophe,
    I have a friend, woodturner artist who will be certainly making that as fast as possible, for big pieces it is a really good idea!!!
    Have a nice day.
    Pierre

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    Thank You!

    Quote Originally Posted by Christophe Mineau View Post
    Here is my second article about woodwind instrument making, it's about reamers, straight and conical.
    Here again, the information is very difficult to find on the web, I hope this will help some beginner makers.....
    I found your method of grinding the flute to be very clever. Thank you for showing us a novel way to fixture the reamer and the grinder.

    Very elegant.
    Many thanks!
    James Parker



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