Reamers.

[chipperpottery]

O'k I am fed up with pricking my fingers with my reamer, when cleaning out my bead holes.
What do you all use?
Is there an electric or batter operated reamer.

[lampworklover]

I bought an electric reamer from martin, 'tis brilliant 

[Blue Box Studio]

Is it better than the battery one Martin sells?  There aren't replacement bits for the battery one and my last one has been problematic.

[lampworklover]

Noty seen the battery one, but you can def get replacement bits for the electric one.

[Madam Steph]

This is uncanny!
For 2 days solid now, I have been racking my brains trying to remember where to get those rather expensive reamers that were mentioned on here some months back.
I think Kathy said that she uses them, and as is my usual way, I never got around to actually buying some.
I really wish that Martin would find a way to stock the thinner of the three reamers that come with the battery operated one that he sells, as since I started using 2mm mandrels, only the thinner one for 1.6mm mandrels fits.

I haven't seen the electric ones that Martin sells. I'll have to go look now

Linda x

[Lakelady]

I have stabbed myself countless times too Rita.  Have heard mention of the electric ones from Martin on here before but never found them on the site!

[flame n fuse]

If I only have a few beads to do, I use a mandrel of the appropriate size, dipped while damp into silicon carbide grit from Mango beads - works a treat!

[BeeBeads]

I use the grits as well, with a mandrel or a hand reamer.  They work very well.  I got mine from Jocks years ago.

[Blue Box Studio]

Can only see the manual reamer on Martin's website now?

[Madam Steph]

The grit is fantastic. I use it on'see-throughs'.

Linda x

[Trudi]

I bought a rotary tool From eBay, works a treat

[Glyn Burton]

if you have a lot to do buy a pedant drill from axminster with some diamond burrs. Worth the initial outlay you can use the pendant drill for engraving, polishing grinding and cutting its a worthwhile addition to your workshop.
The axminster code for the tool is 300228 and the handset 910340.

[Miriam]

I use a cordless Dremel with a diamond bit from Artintheround. The tip has no grid on it, so if you are not good at aiming for the hole, you won't scratch your bead.

[Pat from Canvey]

Re aiming for the bead hole, I lightly insert the tip into the bead hole before turning the drill on.

[Madam Steph]

Thanks, Miriam.
That was the reamer I couldn't find again

Linda x