prop reamer usage
 

Hi!

Am I doing something wrong w/my GP´s prop reamer since it takes 20 to 30 minutes (and 100 liter of sweat) to make 5/16" hole in my APC prop? It so ¤#%¤#" tough job to do ´cause that reamer is not biting that APC props at all. I have to push and twist the reamer like an idiot to get the 5/16" hole. Another psng thing is that the T bar (handle) is so close to bit that when I twist the reamer at 3rd step (5/16") my fingers are grinding a prop. Tell me friends how you use this ¤%¤# tool, please. Just wish to get quickly straight 5/16" holes in my props.

Bst rgrds, Peter

RE: prop reamer usage
 

The GP reamer is a POS! They become dull way to fast! Get the ones made by Fox

RE: prop reamer usage
 

wessman:

I2DDD is correct on the reamer. The Fox reamer is the best. But nothing is going to make an APC prop easy to ream. Or a Master Airscrew. Or anything but a wooden prop.

The fiber reinforced props are just too hard to be reamed easily by hand.

The only easy way, at least in comparison, is to chuck the prop in the four-jaw chuck on your lathe and bore it.

Don't think about a drill or drill press. Unless you want to cut the pooh out of your hand. Consider the APC's sharp edges and tips, and visualize the result if the bit catches in the prop while you are drilling it.

So, just get a Fox reamer, and put up with scraping your knuckles now and then.

Besides, it will make you a better flier. You will be so worried about having to ream another propellor that you'll automatically learn to land better.

Haw.

Bill.

RE: prop reamer usage
 

Hi!
I have been using the FOX reamers for more than 20 now and they are very easy to use on every kind of prop, both wood and plastic(APC, RAM and Graupner and so on).
They do sometimes need sharpening..... and this is easily done with a file.

Regards!
Jan K
Sweden

RE: prop reamer usage
 

I routinely use the Fox reamers in my drill press on the lowest speed and have used it on all the above mentioned brands plus many others.

RE: prop reamer usage
 

David:

Being honest about it. I go with the press also.

But you have to admit it's dangerous, and I WILL NOT recommend anyone else doing it.

Bill.

RE: prop reamer usage
 

My go reamer went dull after the second Apc prop. Dont own a fox one but it cannot be worse than gp's

RE: prop reamer usage
 

Wessman,

I can only agree with Bill Robinson, JAKA, and I2DDD,
I have been using the METRIC Fox reamer, which has a 1/4" first step, that grows to 7mm and then to 8mm.

I have reamed APC, Bolly and Master Airscrew fiber filled props and many wood props.
I also did a few carbon fiber props, on the 8mm size.

The tool remains sharp and easy to work with. A little dexterity has so far prevented my knuckles, from being "mutilated" by sharp trailing edges.

I don't know if the GP tool is a POS. But if saving $1 is economy, what can I say?