[TPIN] Opening up a mouthpiece

[Michael Anderson]

Anyone know a good source for a tapered reamer to do your own 24 backbores?
I know everyone's 24 is slightly different, but I'm looking for the tool to
attach to a lathe to experiment with cutting in our own 24 backbores. The 24
is a tapered, but straight - meaning there is no "shoulder" arch as it meets
the throat.

The mouthpiece guy at Dillons told me he uses 3 different tools and of
course wouldn't give me a size or anything.

Anyone else figured this out?

MA


> From: Eric Edwards <eric at elsjledwards.net>
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:18:32 -0500
> To: TPIN <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>, Ken <kennyroe at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: RE: [TPIN] Opening up a mouthpiece
> 
> www.rutlandtool.com is a good place to buy straight reamers and drills.
> Ultimately a left hand twist with a right hand cut would be the best and
> smoothest cut,  but a straight reamer will work just fine.
> 
> Bach usually starts with a 27 drill I believe.
> I wouldn't go beyond a 25 at first, even if you start at 26.
> It might not seem like much,  but 0.025" to 0.003" is HUGE on that scale.
> 
> Even though theoretically the straighter throat is supposed to increase
> resistance,  in practice the opposite is true.
> It really DOES free the mouthpiece to drill out the throat.
>