On 27/4/08 14:55, "classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org"
<classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org> wrote:
> antct1@tpg.com.au
Hi Anthony
Purpose made seat tube reamers can be difficult to find in the required
sizes and if you find one they can have disastrous results if not used very
carefully indeed.
If you are just looking to smooth out the seat tube so as not to have scored
seat pins I find wrapping a whole sheet of wet and dry emery paper around a
smaller than seat tube diameter wooded dowel and using that to work away
inside the seat tube has excellent results.
I always push some cloth way down the seat tube first to stop metal
particles dropping down into the bottom bracket area. When finished I turn
the frame upside down to remove the cloth and the filings.
I use one of those long flexible grab tools that car mechanics have for
picking up parts that fall into engine cavities for getting the cloth out.
Bob Johnson
London