where can i get Manson type C-clips??

[hoz53]

Little stubby screwdriver would be perfect

im gonna try it — with the little clips its a challenge to install them to. i have a itty bitty needle nose i use.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

im gonna try it — with the little clips its a challenge to install them to. i have a itty bitty needle nose i use.

Im always torn between loving manson reamers and never wanting to deal with those stupid clips again

 

[hoz53]

Im always torn between loving manson reamers and never wanting to deal with those stupid clips again

lol — thats exactly how i feel—

 

[LVLAaron]

Im always torn between loving manson reamers and never wanting to deal with those stupid clips again

They're especially annoying on a grizzly rod when you're trying several bushings to see what fits best... I drilled mine out and put a screw in it. I imagine you could do the same to the reamers, but I don't want to be the one to figure it out.

 

[tobnpr]

I imagine you could do the same to the reamers, but I don't want to be the one to figure it out.

I suspect it would be quite an interesting exercise trying to D&T a teeny tiny hole like that into a hardened HSS reamer. Manson will convert solid to removable pilot, so it must be possible unless they anneal then re-do the heat treat.

 

[LVLAaron]

HSS isn't as hard as you think. Not sure I want to tap it with a little 4-40 though.

I worked in a metallurgy lab ages ago that I could have learned so much from if I would have known I'd care 20 years later.

 

[Walt Krafft]

Manson is not the only one to use c-clips. JGS uses them on some reamers. I prefer them. They let a lot more oil pass by. I have removed and installed so many it is no big deal. All the carbide reamers I have use c-clips.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I suspect it would be quite an interesting exercise trying to D&T a teeny tiny hole like that into a hardened HSS reamer. Manson will convert solid to removable pilot, so it must be possible unless they anneal then re-do the heat treat.

They grind them. No problem on a hardened reamer to grind a clip slot. D&T aint happening

 

[hoz53]

Manson is not the only one to use c-clips. JGS uses them on some reamers. I prefer them. They let a lot more oil pass by. I have removed and installed so many it is no big deal. All the carbide reamers I have use c-clips.

thanks for that info Walt. i will practice more. i use the little ones —. first i have to get a pound of them. lol

 

[hoz53]

I suspect it would be quite an interesting exercise trying to D&T a teeny tiny hole like that into a hardened HSS reamer. Manson will convert solid to removable pilot, so it must be possible unless they anneal then re-do the heat treat.

i wont try tha

 

[hoz53]

They're especially annoying on a grizzly rod when you're trying several bushings to see what fits best... I drilled mine out and put a screw in it. I imagine you could do the same to the reamers, but I don't want to be the one to figure it out.

i use pin gages for a preliminary idea

 

[hoz53]

They grind them. No problem on a hardened reamer to grind a clip slot. D&T aint happening

mabie ill ask dave if they have a install/removal tool