Originally Posted by
rodar y rodar
For somebody who knows, is it really necessarry to use specific headset reamers? Is there any problem with reaming the full length with an adjustable and having a bike shop face the ends?
A bike shop will have a combo head tube reamer/facing tool anyway -- every tool I've ever seen has both cutters. I've considered getting close to finished dimensions on the lathe, but it seems that the head tube will distort during joining. With lugs, it's nice to have extra head tube outside the lugs so you can flow any extra brazing material to somewhere that you aren't going to need to clean it up.