Except that I know for a fact the hardware store sheet metal reamer will work but I am assuming that Hans is building his first hobby guitar and doesn't want to spend $90 dollars on a quality luthiers reamer.
If you hold the reamer up to the light with the endpin and match along the shaft where the taper meets then mark it off with some tape and you know how deep to go.
For the first 40 or so guitar I made, I used the tail end of a rat tail file that I ground down to where it was close enough for endpins and always used a drop of glue.
Now I mostly use the ones you screw in.
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