Like Wayne Davidson, I can't imagine using a hone to remove real metal, but I do keep a brake cylinder hone around for bike work. It is a nice tool for removing rusty crud and the occasional burr from the inside of a seat tube. Just bought a new one last week (<$15) and used it to clean up the Andy Himel I got from Eddie A. a while ago. Seat post fits a whole lot better now.
harvey sachs mcLean VA USA
Garth Libre wrote:
The owner of my LBS showed me a trick today that he uses on all his older Campy seatposts. He uses a brake hone with and extension. This is a three padded device that slowly removes excess metal. He said that he uses the drill and goes slowly over a few minutes to get the wall thickness down to a predetermined level from top to bottom.