What is a good reamer for hidden tang knives?

scotchleaf

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What is a good reamer for hidden tang knives? Either for a drill press or hand. I'm looking for one to ream out the tang holes, not the pin-holes.

Any recommendations are appreciated.
 
I would think a keyway broach in an arbor press would be very precise and repeatable. Haven't done a hidden tang myself, have just used em for keying shafts at work. Don't see why it wouldn't work.
 
I use a hand held broach that I made. Bruce Bump makes a real nice one with carbide cutter I believe........
Darcy:)
 
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http://www.flemingknives.com/misctools.htm




http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/838734-Make-yourself-some-broaches
 
That's about 5000 words worth there Count:thumbup:
Darcy:)
 
I ground down a reciprocating saw blade, leaving four teeth on a thin shank. Works fine.

Dick
 
A drywall saw with the back ground down also works in a pinch. I ended up making a broach like the ones pictured by Count Chocula, works great. I made mine so it can be sharpened with a small chainsaw file.
 
Salem Straub said:
A drywall saw with the back ground down also works in a pinch. I ended up making a broach like the ones pictured by Count Chocula, works great. I made mine so it can be sharpened with a small chainsaw file.
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I've always thought they looked rather simple to make. Got any pics?
 
Alt, any pics I took would show basically what Count posted. I forged mine from a length of coil spring (most of my one-off tools are) with a long taper. Ground it all to shape, then hardened. Tempered back to bronzish by eye with a torch, good enough to let a new 5/32" chainsaw file bite the steel. I then put a blue temper into the shank.
Mine is probably the most like the third pic down, but imagine the gullets having rounder bottoms from the file. An important feature is that the back of the broach is round off, ennabling it to fit your initial round hole better. The smallest mine will fit is a 1/4" hole, although I intend to probably make one that will do 3/16" at some point.
Also, I put a tooth on the nose of mine- so it can push scrape. This was intended to be able to reach the very bottom of a blind hole, and it works but is a little fiddly. I have stabbed myself significantly with it, as well...
 
Salem Straub said:
Alt, any pics I took would show basically what Count posted. I forged mine from a length of coil spring (most of my one-off tools are) with a long taper. Ground it all to shape, then hardened. Tempered back to bronzish by eye with a torch, good enough to let a new 5/32" chainsaw file bite the steel. I then put a blue temper into the shank.
Mine is probably the most like the third pic down, but imagine the gullets having rounder bottoms from the file. An important feature is that the back of the broach is round off, ennabling it to fit your initial round hole better. The smallest mine will fit is a 1/4" hole, although I intend to probably make one that will do 3/16" at some point.
Also, I put a tooth on the nose of mine- so it can push scrape. This was intended to be able to reach the very bottom of a blind hole, and it works but is a little fiddly. I have stabbed myself significantly with it, as well...
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Well guess what I'm doing Saturday morning... :)

Thanks for the response, sir.
 
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