Hello,
I have a 12” piece of 2024 aluminum tubing that is 1.5” OD and 1.370” ID that I need to open up to 1.375”. It’s just a 0.0025” cut but I need it to be uniform and clean. I’ve considered getting a heavy 1” boring bar and holder and also a 1.375” shell reamer. But, I have a 5/8” shank coolant-through steel boring bar in hand. Do you think boring 6” one way then flipping it in the chuck and doing the other end would be a viable method? I’d rather use my tooling on hand as opposed to buying more if it can work but I don’t want to experiment with a $30 piece of tubing either.
Thanks!
Dave
I have a 12” piece of 2024 aluminum tubing that is 1.5” OD and 1.370” ID that I need to open up to 1.375”. It’s just a 0.0025” cut but I need it to be uniform and clean. I’ve considered getting a heavy 1” boring bar and holder and also a 1.375” shell reamer. But, I have a 5/8” shank coolant-through steel boring bar in hand. Do you think boring 6” one way then flipping it in the chuck and doing the other end would be a viable method? I’d rather use my tooling on hand as opposed to buying more if it can work but I don’t want to experiment with a $30 piece of tubing either.
Thanks!
Dave