Chucking Reamers

• Intended for use in drill presses, lathes and screw machines
• Most commonly used style for reaming holes to a tight tolerance
• Come in straight flute, RHS/RHC, LHS/LHC and expansion styles in standard and jobber lengths

Hand Reamers

• Have a square at the end of the shank, similar to a hand tap. This allows the user to turn the reamer with an adjustable wrench or a standard tap wrench
• Constructed with a tapered cutting head to help the user push the tool into the workpiece

Shell Reamers

• Similar to the cutting portion of a chucking reamer
• Supplied without a shank
• A straight shank or taper shank arbor is used in conjunction with the shell reamer, and is used as a complete cutting tool

Pipe Reamers

• Used to prepare a hole for tapping with a taper pipe tap
• Constructed with a square end on the shank. This allows the user to turn the reamer with an adjustable wrench or a standard tap wrench

Expansion Reamers

• Built with an adjusting screw to alter the size of the cutting head. This allows an expansion reamer to be reground many times

Bridge Reamers

• Designed to enlarge and align holes for rivets
• Primarily used in steel construction using I-beams
• Shanks come in a variety of styles for portable electric drills, drill presses and square-drive impact wrench sockets

Repairman′s Reamers

• Built for the removal of burrs in pipe and conduit, and for enlarging holes in sheet metal

High Speed Steel (HSS, M1, M2, M7, M50)

• Combines good tool life and productivity with minimal cost
• Works well in free cutting and carbon steels, as well as soft, non-ferrous materials such as aluminum, brass, bronze and copper

Cobalt (M35, M42)

• Better wear resistance, higher hardness and toughness than HSS
• Very little chipping or micro chipping under severe cutting conditions, allowing the tool to run 10% faster than HSS
• With the right point angle and helix, cobalt is the most cost-effective for machining cast iron, heat-treated steels and titanium alloys

Solid Carbide

• For high-performance applications. Carbide can run faster and withstand higher temperatures, while providing good wear resistance
• Carbide is brittle and tends to chip when conditions are not ideal; heavy feed rates are more suitable for HSS and cobalt tools
• Used in abrasive and tough-to-machine materials: cast iron, non-ferrous alloys, glass, plastics and composites

Carbide-Tipped

• Offers many of the advantages of solid carbide tooling at a reduced cost, especially in larger diameter tools