On 1/8/2013 4:14:00 AM paul womack  wrote:

> I mention all these explicitly, since none of them are anything
> like the "old" reamers.
> 
> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10152/rimer.jpg
> 
> These two pages are from 1845 (lower) and 1928 (upper).
> 
> There appears to be a distinction in use between the "tapered bit"
> for wood, which comes in multiple sizes, and the "square" and "half round"
> rimers for metal, which only come in one size.

In the catalog (Timmins?) scan, and in Smith's _Key to Sheffield
Manufactories_, the bits are listed as brush bits.  Salaman says that
brush bits were used by brush makers to bore the holes for inserting
bristles.  

While it's not an earth shattering revelation, it is one documented
example of their usage.

Jerry

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