On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:31:44 -0500, Tom Mcgreevy wrote:
> Would it work to use a tuning pin in a drill to ream out the hole?  
> or are your swages slightly smaller than the pins?


they  are slightly smaller. The taper was cut with the same tool I use 
for the pins and after that reduced in the lathe with a bastard file 
and polished a bit with emery cloth. Can be done in the drill press of 
course, too.

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