Crane facing tool

[Petrol & Powder]

This may be totally my imagination, but, did Brownells ever offer a tool to re-face the end of a revolver crane tube after the crane was stretched?

After a crane stretcher (swaging tool) is used, the end of the crane often needs to be re-faced. I just use a fine stone and take care to keep it at 90 degrees to the work. Very little material needs to be removed to get the correct length, it's more like dressing the end of the tube square than cutting any metal off. I seem to recall a tool that had a pilot that indexed inside the crane and a 90 degree cutter. The thing was mounted to a screwdriver handle, maybe? Or am I just making that up?

 

[Petrol & Powder]

Found it !

Power Custom Yoke Facing Reamer S&W K, L, N-Frame, Ruger Speed Six,

Reamer is used in conjunction with Power Custom's Endshake Bearings. After the yoke has been properly aligned, the pilot is inserted inside the barrel...

www.midwayusa.com

And of course .....it's discontinued.

 

[RicinYakima]

If you like playing with double action revolvers, now is the time to start looking for tools, as they are mostly discontinued. The hunt is on, and eBay is a good starting place.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

I have accumulated a fairly large collection of DA revolver tools over the years and I'm in the process of putting my scattered tools together in one place. That is why I was looking for that facing reamer.

 

[358156 hp]

I got a similar tool from Ron Power a couple of years ago, he was planning on manufacturing them again, and he may have them now. He built one for me, but it doesn't have the center alignment stud like the originals did. Try contacting Power Custom direct. Super nice people, I buy their tools direct from them, even if Brownells has them cheaper at times. Just to support them. Also check out their parts selection.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

I'm not certain it's a tool I must have. I was just trying to pull from my own memory if such a thing existed.
It did exist, which means I'm not completely insane.......yet.

 

[david s]

I have the facing tool for the S&W revolvers, if you have stretched the crane it also needs to be reamed to remove the interior ridges.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

I have the facing tool for the S&W revolvers, if you have stretched the crane it also needs to be reamed to remove the interior ridges.

Yep, have the reamer, just don't have the facing cutter. I've done the job many times.
The swaging operation doesn't impinge on the interior of the yoke if you use a mandrel (as you should) but sometimes you will get little burrs around the end after dressing the end down.
It is surprising how little material needs to be moved. If you need to ream the interior after swaging, you were probably a little too aggressive with your methods.

 

[CZ93X62]

Sanity is over-rated.

 

[Ian]

The cutter from a Lee Precision case trimmer, together with a pilot turned and threaded on a lathe, works perfectly.

 

[Outpost75]

Ian,

Gold star to stick on your forehead . Very clever. Why didn't I think of that?