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Many builders seem to overthink the whole concept of deburring. With a background in production, I have used just about every type of deburring tool known to man. Most times, you will find the average worker simply twisting a large drill bit through the fingers to debur a hole. The whole goal is to break the sharp edges, that is all. One thing I can say with certainty, every worker I ever knew hated and shunned using the Burraway and the tool crib couldn't give em away. The worker quickly discovers the shaft will eventually gall and warp, and sooner or later the blade will stick. Also, it takes significant time to insert the Burraway into each and every hole, operate it, then remove to repeat the cycle in the next hole. Whew. To debur large areas of sheet, we would might use a 2" scotchbrite disc attached to a right angle die grinder. We might use a rotary ball file or stone....anything to get the job done....without generating an unacceptable mini countersink that a Burraway is prone to do. Oftentimes, we would use this handy device. It is nothing more than a chunk of vixen file glued to a piece of wood. On RV's I wouldn't recommend using it if you wanted to preserve the pure alclad surface, but if you are going to prime anyway, it might be just the ticket to quickly debur a large number of holes.
