Reamers are out of stock.
Next batch likely in late January/early February.
New for fall of 2025, I’m offering reamers in dense tropical hardwoods. This is a significant upgrade in wear resistance and rigidity from the standard reamers that I make in hard maple. The most recent batch is made from Bubinga as I continue the search for a wood species that strikes a balance between ethical and consistent supply, density, stiffness, cost, and workability. I’m really pleased with how this batch of reamers in bubinga have turned out. Most of the blanks have nice dark “ink lines” in the wood and the texture of the wood reminded me of working with rosewood, but with more density than the East Indian Rosewood that I made a few reamers out of in the past.
This is a large scale six degree reamer intended for creating the tapered mortises that are one of the foundations of Windsor chair joinery. The reamer is used to transform a cylindrical hole into a tapered mortise. The combination of a reamed mortise and a matching tapered tenon form a joint that mechanically locks together and is simple and efficient to produce.
These reamers are made made of bubinga with a 6 degree taper and have a working range in holes from 1/2 inch to 1-1/4 inches in diameter. The total length of the tool is about 15 inches and the working length (the portion with the blade) is a little over 9 inches. The handle is reamed into the main body of the tool and can be tapped free for storage or transport. There is also an adjuster screw that presses against the back of the blade to adjust the depth of cut.
International shipping will be added after purchase. I can ship to most countries for $60. There are new tariffs in place that will not show up on the cost here that international customers may have to pay to customs in the country of delivery. This is confusing and hard for me to accurately estimate on a country by country basis. Please take this into consideration.
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