Pipenet reamer
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When you purchase it know that you will need another tool or have to use sandpaper and dowel to maintain the heel of the bowl. I would recommend either the Senior Reamer or the Kleen Reem Reamer for all those who clean and work on their own pipe and those who do refurbishing of estate pipes. I use the reamer as a regular part of the cleaning routine I have established for working on estate pipes. The numerals on the diagram are explained in the instructions on the right side of the picture.
PIPENET REAMER MANUAL
The picture below shows the reamer as diagrammed with the instruction manual that came with the Kleen Reem kit. It also shows the winding of the pipe cleaners on the drill bit that I referred to above. The diagram below shows the bit inserted in the shank. I have replaced the original ones that came with the kit many times with cut pieces of regular or fluffy pipe cleaners. I then follow up with the pipe cleaners inserted and wrapped up the bit then dipped in alcohol to remove the loosened grime from the shank of the pipe. I use the drill bit by itself the first few times through the shank to remove the grime and tars. It can be twisted into the shank to reopened clogged and restricted airways without damaging the pipe. Once it is removed it reveals a drill bit attached to the knob that is designed to clean out the airway in the shank. The knob can be turned to unscrew it from the main unit. In the bottom edge of the case there is a banded group of cut pipe cleaners.Ī brilliant part of this tool is found under the adjustment knob on the top. The case that the reamer came in is functional and strong. In the U shaped bowls I have to finish the reaming by using the second tool below or a piece of sand paper wrapped on a dowel. It is perfect for the conical bowl or V shaped bowl that tapers to a point. The one draw back of this reamer is that it does not do a great job on the heel of the bowl in rounded or U shaped bowls. The hardened steel does a great job cutting back the carbon of the cake and can be adjusted to allow for different cake depths. It works very well for cylindrical shaped bowls. The blades remain vertical so that the bowl does not taper.
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The utility of this reamer is that it is able to be adjusted to multiple bowl sizes.
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The top is the adjustment knob and as it is turned it opens the blades wider or narrower. It is an adjustable three blade hardened steel reamer. There is also a similar reamer available going under the label of the Senior Reamer which can be purchased at most of the online pipe vendors. The first of these is readily available on EBay as Kleen Reem pipe reamers. I have written of the advantages and weaknesses of both in the review that follows. They work on the thickest and hardest cake that I have found in these old work horse pipes. Both of them have different strengths or advantages that I have come to count on in the process of using them. In the process of refurbishing estate pipes, a thing that I enjoy doing, I use two pipe reamers almost every time I begin the work.