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Lee Valley Reamer

Paul in NJ


>I received the new Veritas standard reamer today and just gave it a try. I am occasional customer of Lee Valley but this is the first woodworking tool I have purchased from them. Mostly I order hardware and gardening stuff from them. I am very pleased with how it works. It made a nice clean taper in soft pine, even in the end grain. It is machined very nicely and came very sharp, ready to use. The hex shank allowed it to be held securely in my brace, an adapter was not needed. Too bad it is not made in Canada but in China. That said it is a nice tool and a good value.

Paul Dzioba

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Rob Lee


>Hi Paul -

The "professional" one is made in Canada...the economy one isn't...

Cheers -

Rob

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thomd coralseacat@yahoo.au


>The economy style ones machined in NY were 80 or 100 bucks if I recall. So these are really good value. I thought they weren't in the stores yet?

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Rob Lee


>Hi -

They show as being in stock at all stores...

These were a pig to get manufactured correctly - it took several iterations of tooling and approval samples. It's relatively straightforward to make bad ones though.... :)

Cheers -

Rob

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paul womack


>These were a pig to get manufactured correctly - it took several iterations of tooling and approval samples.

Which is why for quality, the company backing and selling the tool is a more important factor than the country of manufacture.

BugBear

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Greg Betit, Vergennes, VT.


>I received my reamer- the smaller sized one- last Friday. I also have an Emhoff reamer and the Windsor Institute Emhoff knock-off reamer. The LV has two cutting edges compared to the Emhoff's one. Quality is on the same par for all of them.

Since I'm not reaming the same sizes direct comparison may not be fair, but the LV seems more aggressive. "Well duh", they all reply, "you said it has twice as many cutting edges." The results are the same- perfectly tapered holes.

I also ordered the "Professional" reamer, it is back ordered with an Oct 3 ship date.

greg

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