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🔧 General Tools 130: Precision 175mm x 12.7mm Woodworker’s Essential Review

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Revainrating 4.5 out of 5  
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4.3
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Description of 🔧 General Tools 130: Precision 175mm x 12.7mm Woodworker’s Essential

ENLARGES HOLES- perfect for when a drill could cause cracking in materials. LUTHIER/GUITAR TOOL: enlarges bridge pin holes, headstocks, holes for tuners and volume/tone knobs. INCREASED LEVERAGE: T-handle provides leverage for easier reaming with greater control and easier turning. REMOVES BURRS: from wood, cut pipe, tubing and conduit. Inside deburring edge tool with capacity of 1/8" to 1/2". ENLARGE & COUNTERSINK HOLES: In sheet metal, plastic and other materials with little effort. DURABLE: made of hardened and tempered steel with precision ground cutting edges. DURABLE: made of hardened and tempered steel with precision ground cutting edges.

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Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not sharp but nice

I have one of these from 2005, made in India. This one is sharp but the heat treatment wasn't good and the top where the tommy stick is gripped broke in half when the piece of plastic was unwrapped. Welded, it's been working ever since. I bought this new for guitar pencils and other woodwork. Looks nice but only cuts off an edge or two. Most cutting edges are beveled about 0.010 inch at the tip of the cutting edge, allowing the cutting edges to be lower than the rest of the tooth and only…

Pros
  • ENLARGE AND COUNTERHOLES: Effortless in sheet metal, plastic and other materials
Cons
  • So far so good

Revainrating 5 out of 5

It took a lot of work to improve the reamer

This tool is good value. Unfortunately I would rather pay for a higher quality tool like this. I was dismayed at the edge quality of the reamer blades. They were roughly chopped and then crushed. To hide tool marks, the inside of the grooves have been blackened. I was surprised by the jagged edges, but when I sharpened the edges the blackening went away and I understood why the quality of the edges was poor. The handle also slides in and out too easily during use, so I had to heat the end of…

Pros
  • STARK: made of hardened and tempered steel with precision ground cutting edges
Cons
  • Can't remember

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Keep cutting grooves clean.

Reamers are expensive. Check out Starrett, B&S, etc. For one-time or occasional use, I would recommend the General Sweep. The T-handle is detachable and the reamer body fits snugly on a cordless drill with a 1/2" chuck. It's sharp, cuts well, but you have to be careful with the drilling method. The base end of the reamer is 1/2 inch. an end that is the size of most acoustic guitar end studs, and the drill bit should be even and straight. Avoid swinging your arms and clean the flutes more often…

Pros
  • ROD REMOVAL: Pipes, tubes and pipes cut from wood. 1/8" to 1/2" inside edge deburrer
Cons
  • Not sure