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Another great episode!

As long as the end of the shaft doesn't interfere in any way with the rod, I see no reason to cut it back.

Just a question .... why did you do the taper reaming by hand instead of using power at low RPMs? Perhaps just so you didn't have to bother with the critical alignment of setting it up, which can often take much longer than the actual work itself, especially when it is a quick and easy job like this one?

Thank you for the comment
This was a hand reamer and a very small one, I always hand ream as I can feel the way the reamer is cutting, (traditional method) I guess you could machine ream very slowly, but personally I wouldn't, (I'm not that brave)
There are of course machine reamers which are specifically designed to ream under power and with the wide spread use of CNC machines they are becoming more of the norm.
This is the only taper reamer I have of this size so discretion is used when I use it.
Thank You
Gary