I'm fabricating new skids for my helicopter. See below.
The front end of the skid sometimes carries a 30LB ballast weight, and I need to insert a steel sleeve approx 24" into the aluminum skid to support the bend at the front of the 1.75" OD thick-wall skid. I need to remove about 0.010" on the ID of the aluminum skid.
Don't want to remove any OD on the steel sleeve, it's relatively thin-wall chromalloy.
My little 11" x 26" Grizzly lather doesn't have the spindle bore capacity, and I'm wondering if there is some hand-drill version of a boring head that can make this cut. Doesn't have to be particularly smooth bore.
Any ideas
The front end of the skid sometimes carries a 30LB ballast weight, and I need to insert a steel sleeve approx 24" into the aluminum skid to support the bend at the front of the 1.75" OD thick-wall skid. I need to remove about 0.010" on the ID of the aluminum skid.
Don't want to remove any OD on the steel sleeve, it's relatively thin-wall chromalloy.
My little 11" x 26" Grizzly lather doesn't have the spindle bore capacity, and I'm wondering if there is some hand-drill version of a boring head that can make this cut. Doesn't have to be particularly smooth bore.
Any ideas

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