I posted this over in custom knives and guns but I wanted to see what you guys had to say also. I have some .1875 pivots , and drilled my pivot holes to .1870 and reamed with the .1875 reamer. I then chucked up the pivot in the lathe and spun it on some 2000 grit till I could get the pivot in the hole. Still fairly tight friction fit, I can push the pivot in with my fingers but I cannot spin it (unassembled in hand). How tight is too tight? My clearance is probably .001 (just throwing a number out there for that one).
So should I stick with what I got and spin the pivot with the 2000 to take a couple thou off or maybe ream to a .1890 (actually looked for a .189 reamer but found .188)? Or would that be too sloppy?
So should I stick with what I got and spin the pivot with the 2000 to take a couple thou off or maybe ream to a .1890 (actually looked for a .189 reamer but found .188)? Or would that be too sloppy?