Has anyone rented a chamber reamer from Shawnie Tools? The rent Pacific reamers. Were the reamers held within spec and were they fair in the way they dealt with the customer?

Thanks,
Brian

I've used em, great reamers.. the are strident in the one chamber part, as they examine every reamer under a microscope.
jeffe

I've used them a couple of times, been well pleased.

I used one to hand-ream a [short] chamber once. I think the one I got was brand new. Chamber turned out surprisingly well. If you're doing it 'hand-powered,' don't skimp on the T-handle.

Todd

Yup, I've used them too, and was very well pleased, and I will use them again. They are very good to their customers.

Chad

I've used 'em. Never again.
Paladin

Paladin, care to elaborate?

I have thought about using them, but haven't yet.

Probably my own predjudice against loaning or renting my own tools or equipment, but it seems like a risky deal for all concerned.

Joe.

I have used them for some "different" chambering jobs. The last one was for the "K" Hornet. The reamer was great and in great condition, the only problem was they sent the wrong headspace gauges and befor I realized it, I had cut the chamber to deep and had to start over. Apparently there are two versions of the "K" Hornet; one has the shoulder pushed more forward than the other and that is the gauges I got. You would think these guys would know the difference with all the reamers they rent. I ended up doing the job without the gauges (figured out the headspace mathematically). I wrote these a note when I returned the reamer and gauges and asked for a refund on the gauges that I did not use, or more correctly, COULD not use and they ignored me and my request, even after a second email. It was only $8, but you'd think they could have at least replied. Try White Rock in Kansas CIty.

White Rock Tool & Die.

I have used White Rock Tool and Die. Very pleased with their service and the products they rent.

[ 11-27-2002, 07:46: Message edited by: ol crip ]

I've rented and bought reamers from Shawnie Tool and I have no complaints with product or service.

I had an incredible nightmare-dealing with Whiterock, which turned into a nightmare-dealing with Clymer, and they can both, as corporate entities, go fuck themselves in the butt with a rose bush. In all fairness, this was after a small number of successful dealings with them, but the way they handled one incredible foul-up (at Whiterock) was enough to show me that their problem is actually YOUR problem and they don't care to return calls, "at all." May all concerned with those two establishments die painful deaths and burn in damnation for eternity.

Since Dave Manson struck out on his own and is no longer with Clymer -- and as far as I'm concerned, he WAS "Clymer" -- any special reamer requests I have will go to him directly. Dave is a fair man and will work with people to make things right.

Again, as for Shawnie Tool, no problems.

Russ

Russell you've got my attention. what was the SNAFU with the White Rock / Clymer reamer. You are correct Dave was THE MAN at Clymer.

Bear Claw: It's been about seven years but, as I recall, it had to do with an obviously out-of-spec, undersized reamer. (I don't recall the chambering, it's been quite a few "projects" ago.) Anyway... as best I can recall, I was having a gun built for an upcoming hunt, and had planned out the timeline for everything to include some amount of leeway for screw ups. Well, the reamer I rented was way undersize (and, of course with reamers, only a matter of a few thousandths is enough to be "way" undersize, if you know what I mean). Anyway, I'd contacted the folks at Whiterock about the matter, expressed I was under a deadline, and needed a proper reamer. Having had good dealings with them previously, I wasn't worried about getting this taken care of. However, to make a long story short, it was something like two fucking months before I got the Goddamn reamer (a good one, that is), I had to use a different gun to hunt, no one at Whiterock returned my calls. (I'd call and get some woman, who would take a message and say she'd have the guy -- I don't remember his name -- call me... and he didn't call. And SHE didn't call, to say why HE didn't call. This went on for days, then weeks.) I finally dragged it out of the woman that the reamer was being sent back to Clymer (!!!) for their inspection, before I would be issued a new (correct) reamer. At the time, I still harbored hopes of using "that" gun to use on my hunt, so I contacted someone at Clymer and explained the whole situation to them, and my urgency-of-need requirement for the correct reamer. As I understood it at the time, Whiterock doesn't do shit but buy reamers to rent. They don't sharpen them or have anything else to do with them. Hell, they work out of a barn for all I know. Anyway, it seems like if there is a problem (and there was), you return the reamer to Whiterock, they return it to Clymer, it sits around until someone gets around to looking at it, then "an action" is taken. Clymer doesn't give a shit about time-critical matters. It wasn't THEIR problem, it was WHITEROCK'S problem, so they weren't exactly very motivated. Anyway, that's about the best I can recall the situation. Whiterock wasn't returning calls, I had to write letters (they didn't have E-mail at the time -- if they even do now), then I had to deal with Clymer to try to speed them up (they don't "speed up" for anyone unless it's Jon Sundra, or whomever), and the whole thing went to shit.

Understand, I wanted to go on "that" hunt with "that" gun. It was the whole point of having the gun made. I don't remember which hunt, gun, or chambering it was, but that's basically the situation. Again, it's been about seven years or so and quite a few projects ago. I just remember the important part. I got fucked by Whiterock and Clymer.

Rentals from Shawnie Tool have gone without a hitch, reamers have been in spec, and the reamers I've bought have been flawless -- as you would expect from new reamers. I don't have anything against "Clymer reamers," per se, as long as they're within spec... but their customer support sucks dog peckers. Really, with Dave out on his own, I don't have any reason to deal directly with Clymer anymore.

For anyone renting a reamer for the first time, I would recommend finding out the procedures for returning a "bad" reamer (and getting a "good" replacement), what times you would be looking at, do they do the work or send it out, et cetera.

Russ