07-19-2013, 02:45 AM
Ed, John's hit the nail on the head, and.beat me to it 
Between-centres bar would.do a good job, if you can clamp the work to the carriage, and guarantees a cylindrical, uniform bore (cos the bar always flexes the same throughout the bore, same load at same point). Not expensive to tool up, either, compared to a boring head....
Between-centres bar would.do a good job, if you can clamp the work to the carriage, and guarantees a cylindrical, uniform bore (cos the bar always flexes the same throughout the bore, same load at same point). Not expensive to tool up, either, compared to a boring head....
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