Hi there,

(apologies, I think I'vetouched on this before, but I need to press on and actually do it, hence more detail needed from this related line of questioning)

I'm making a plate to mount on a stepper shaft...the stepper shaft is 8mm.

Now I want no slop on the plate whatsoever, so I want the hole in the centre of the plate to be a pretty perfect fit - 8mm.

Now I've never really used my lathe that much in anger, so I'm wet behind the ears wrt getting this perfect 8mm hole. The Googling I've done suggests that drilling a smaller hole then either reaming or boring out the hole to size is the way to go.

Which is the easiest, which is the cheapest (tool wise) & HTF do I do it! Seriously, I looked up reaming - and apart from a couple of porn sites (which I enjoyed very much) there's cack all out there illustrating how it's done - does the reamer go in the tailstock? Or if using a boring bar, does that fit in the toolhoder as normal - what size boring bar should I buy for an 8mm hole blah blah (you get the picture ie "this joker should not be allowed anywhere near a lathe", etc)

Thanks for your help.

Hank.