I was one of the first to get the wonder reamer set when they came out as i pre ordered them. well i have had it for 3 or 4 month's and kind of babied it . Well today I was reaming some burl grips for rods I have going and the medium size "desinagrated" in the middle of use. I know the lamar cork is sort of ttough but it shouldn't have melted tjhe substrate. Anyone have a suggestion as to what i should do? I paid a lot of money for me anyways (small shop) and am dissapointed this happened. Up untill now I was praising the tool as a time saver and loved the quality of the grips when done. Has this happened to anyone else?
BILLY

The archive is a wonderful tool if you use it!

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Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

I would call Kerry or Bill Batson (RainShadow/Forecast ). I believe They make the reamer or contack your supplier.
Good Wraps Bob

Good advice Bob I wil do that first thing monday morning. Hey Ray your sarcasm leaves little to be desired. Rod builders are curtious helpful people. If reading somones post bothers you perhaps you shouldn't reply or go to anothe r site. I had a proffesional problem and needed to see if anyone else had the same thing happen. I will contact Bill direct Ray he is very receptive thank you.

Billy,
I think you got the wrong impression about Raymond. He is one of the most helpful guys in rodbuilding that I know. He has often offered to send me parts that I could not find or e-mailed me tutorials to help me with my work. Sometimes we write comments without thinking they may come across as offensive to others while trying to be helpful.

Billy ,

The Dream Reamers, if you buy the set comes with extra rolls of grit to replace the grit that wears away or comes undone. Replace it using contact cement. Put a heavy coat on the reamer after using a piece of sandpaper to clean off the old residue then put a coat of cement on the extra roll of grit, wait about ten or twelve minutes then spiral it up or down the reamer, whichever way you prefer. I have reamers built using contact cement that are several years old and still use them almost daily.

No sarcasm intented.

Billy,
You asked if others had experienced any problems with dream reamers and I provided
a link to a previous thread on that very subject. Sorry if that offended you but all I was
trying to do was point out the archives to those new to the site.


Thank you for your comments Ellis


Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/27/2007 11:02AM by Raymond_Adams.

Billy you may have had a proffesional problem, but your comments to Ray do not diplay a proffesional attatude.

Point well taken steve! Guess i was frustrated sorry Ray no offense.

No worries Billy,
After re-reading my first post I could see how it might have taken as
a slap. I assure you I didnt mean it like that.

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

I had some trouble with the smallest of the set. Did one grip, cork and exotic burl, and the abrasive melted right off. Of course, Batson took care of it right away - they are such a good company!
I think that this may be because the smallest has a finer abrasive that the others, and maybe builds up more heat. Haven't had any more trouble, but I may replace the abrasive with a coarser grit when it needs replacing.
Steve Broadwell

Bill and Karry Batson demonstrated using these reamers in Woodland and really stressed slow speed and short bursts of reaming time to cut down on heat build-up. Any adhesive will fail at a certain temperature. Take it slow and easy.

The faster the reamer is turned and the longer it's used without letting it cool, the higher the chance of the adhesive failing.

Putter
Williston, ND

Randy is correct! When Bill and Kerry deminstrated the wonder reamer in Woodland, they both stressed using medium speeds in short bursts Do to the fact using high speeds and long had stroks well cause a lailur like Billy's.
Good Wraps Bob

wait wait its wasn't the paper or grit that failed. I mean the fiberglass it's self failed. the only thing left is cloth. Almost like the fiberglass melted. I really wasn't going that fast either. Anyways its not the grit or paper its the glass substrate.

I would get hold of Bill or Karry Batson on it, Billy. I'm sure they'll take care of that.

Putter
Williston, ND

Billy Randy and I have both stated! You can not force that weaver at high speeds. If you do you create a lot of heat and the glass well delaminate. Years back when I made my own remers using grit and solid glass shaft from a old fishing rod. I had no problems doing it by hand , but as soon as I put the reamer in to a drill and started to high speed reaming and forcing the reamer in to the cork. Guess what that glass would get so hot it would burn you. Well needless to say I melted a few reamers,
Good Wraps Bob