On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:39:26 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Mike Halmarack wrote:
It's not, actually. All too easy to do more damage than good. If you
really want a perfect finish you want a tapered hand reamer - not a cone
cutter. The angles on those are too steep.

I suppose it depends on the user's level of dexterity and the taper of
the cone.

Cone cutters are designed for a very different purpose than de-burring
copper tube. Bit like the way there are special cutters for plastic pipe
but some still use a hacksaw.

Without going to such extremes as opening paint cans with wood
chisels, there's a great advantage to the non-specialist d-i-yer in
improvisation. The main beneficiaries of the "Buy every tool in the
book" and "only the best and most expensive" are those selling the
stuff. A group consistently well represented in this forum.

Your preference for the hand job has been long apparent, and
you shouldn't be denied the comfort of it.:-)

Nice one. ;-)

Glad you enjoyed it. :-)
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