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>They make a thing called a uni-bit. (perhaps same as what others are calling
>tapered reamer)  They use them a lot at work because they are fast.   Me, I
>have a 1" drill bit.  So, I do like Scott said and start small and work my
>way up.  But, nice bits int he 3/4 to 1 inch range are about $30 each.  For
>just a few, the $45 uni-but will take you a long way.

Micro-Mark has the 1/2" Unibit for $23 (and a lot of other cool tools as well):

http://www.micromark.com/


Direct link to it:

http://www.dxmarket.com/micromark/products/81875.html

Unfortunately this is only the 1/2" Unibit but it's still well worth having
(at least you can see what we're talking about--that and the description
pretty much says it all). They make bigger ones--try Lowes.


A tapered reamer is for hand use--do they even make them this big?:

http://www.dxmarket.com/micromark/products/15128.html
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