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<blockquote data-quote="Kyle Weiss" data-source="post: 242618" data-attributes="member: 1969"><p>Ack! I snapped off a skinny micro-file in one of my airways recently, and it was pure luck I managed to get the tip of the thing out. The problem was an airway that was drilled improperly, and I was in there trying to work out the sharp edges in the bend (a wet smoker, as it were), and boom--metal bit in the shank. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />ale: Not cool.</p><p></p><p>As port-and-polishing works for engines, clean airways do wonders for the smoke--rough stuff, dottle, carbon build-up, all can cause turbulence and poor performance (by my reckon, anyway) and so I use increasing-size drill bits to <u>gently</u> re-open the draft hole. Sometimes just the hand-drill feature of a Senior Reamer/Kleen Reem works okay, and if that's too much for the pipe, I take notes as to which are smaller by factory design, and do the best I can to "play it safe" and go with a smaller drill bit. </p><p></p><p>8)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyle Weiss, post: 242618, member: 1969"] Ack! I snapped off a skinny micro-file in one of my airways recently, and it was pure luck I managed to get the tip of the thing out. The problem was an airway that was drilled improperly, and I was in there trying to work out the sharp edges in the bend (a wet smoker, as it were), and boom--metal bit in the shank. :pale: Not cool. As port-and-polishing works for engines, clean airways do wonders for the smoke--rough stuff, dottle, carbon build-up, all can cause turbulence and poor performance (by my reckon, anyway) and so I use increasing-size drill bits to [u]gently[/u] re-open the draft hole. Sometimes just the hand-drill feature of a Senior Reamer/Kleen Reem works okay, and if that's too much for the pipe, I take notes as to which are smaller by factory design, and do the best I can to "play it safe" and go with a smaller drill bit. 8) [/QUOTE]
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