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The holy grail of framebuilder reamers for seat tubes is a solid spiral flute hand or chucking reamer. These are very hard to find in the fractional metric sizes common for seatposts.
===Silva===

[http://www.novacycles.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=74&products_id=1014 Silva Reamer]

expensive.

===Cyclus Shell Reamers===

German bike specific tools. Nice.

The [http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cgi?id=39742361688&d=single&c=Tools&sc=CYCLUS-TOOLS,-ALL&tc=Reamers&item_id=CU-061 handle] costs $81.70 and each [http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cgi?id=39742361688&d=single&c=Tools&sc=CYCLUS-TOOLS,-ALL&tc=Reamers&item_id=CU-097 shell reamer] is another $47.00. Any common size is avaliable. Available throught Bike Tools Etc.

I wish that the reamer was spiral fluted and longer. A longer lead in would also be nicer.

[[Image:Cyclus-reamer-1.jpg]]<br><br>
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===Lifu===

[http://www.lifu.biz:9090/showProductPage.html?point=0 Lifu Reamers]

===Source for reamers===
This is a good one:
Mike@<br>
KBC Tools & Machinary<br>
1751 Sabre<br>
Hayward, CA  94545<br>
(510) 732-5500<br>
(800) 521-1740<br>
[http://www.kbctools.com KBCtools.com]<br>

===Sharpening and Regrinders===

I'll be trying these guys at first:

Cliff @<br>
Pacific Reamer & Cutter Service<br>
4115 Broadway<br>
Oakland, CA 94611<br>
(510) 654-1844<br>

They say that a regrind could be $24 for a chucking reamer $40 for a hand reamer, if they do not have to take too much material off. $55 on my job.

===English Hand Reamers===

[http://www.icscuttingtools.com ICS Cutting Tools]

[http://www.icscuttingtools.com/catalog/page_196.pdf]

===Metric Hand Reamers===

[http://www.metricmcc.com/ Metric & Multistandard (MMCC)]

[http://www.metricmcc.com/catalog/Ch5/5-540.pdf M&MS Catalog page 5-540]

Also: http://www.tapdie.com/html/reamers__hand_reamers__hss_met.html


====From: Truls Erik Johnsen to me====

"FYI: Tracy Tools in the UK (www.tracytools.com) have 41mm HSS Dormer branded
reamers at £55 plus shipping."

===Metric Shell Reamers===
1:30 bore, ISO 2402:1972, DIN 219/B

[http://www.omalutensili.it/index.asp?l=UK Omal]
[http://www.omalutensili.it/dl.asp?f=OMAL-Catalogue.pdf Omal Catalog p.44]

[http://www.vidia-v.com/images/PDF%20Listovki/R_dor_en.pdf Vidia-v] Bulgaria.

[http://www.metricmcc.com/ Metric & Multistandard (MMCC)]
[http://www.metricmcc.com/catalog/Ch5/5-548.pdf M&MS Catalog page 5-548]

[http://www.stimtools.cz Stim Tools]
[http://www.stimtools.cz/kat_pdf/katalog_vyhrubniky.pdf Stim Tools Catalog p. 36]

Shell core drills? DIN 222N (ISO 3314)


[http://www.rotoxlt.sk/ Rotox]
[http://www.rotoxlt.sk/pdf/obro_04.pdf Rotox p.84]

===27.2mm===

Probably the most common size seatpost in the industry for steel bikes.

Spiral Flute Chucking Reamers:<br>
Size: Flute Length: OAL: KBC P/N: Price<br>
1-1/16: 2-3/4: 10-1/2: 5-020-295: $37.40 (26.99mm for roughing)<br>
1-3/32: 2-7/8: 11: 5-020-300: $37.40 (27.78mm reground to 27.2 for finishing)<br>

Spiral Flute Hand Reamers:<br>
Size: Flute Length: OAL: KBC P/N: Price<br>
1-1/16: 5-5/8: 11-1/4: 5-010-150: $43.15 (26.99mm for roughing)<br>
1-1/8: 5-13/16: 11-5/8: 5-010-155: $47.65 (28.58mm reground to 27.2 for finishing)<br>

I was told that [http://www.toolmex.com/Tools/TCutting.asp Toolmex] was the supplier for all of these reamers but they turned out to be sourced from [http://www.fenes.com.pl/index1.php Fenes] of Poland. [http://www.fenessaw.com/pobierz_plik2.php?n=8e296a067a25 Catalog]

toolmex helical shell reamers may be good for the next order.

5-155-030 for 1-1/16" $41.00

===Bore Polishing===

This simple tool is available for cleaning up a bore.

[[Image:Bore-polishing.jpg]]

===Honing===

[[Image:Hones.jpg]]

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