Combined stabilizer and reamer for drilling well bores

Stabilizer and reamer apparatus for drilling a well bore, comprising a one-piece body having a fluid passage therethrough, upper coupling means and lower coupling means at the upper end portion and lower end portion, respectively, of said body for securing said body in a tubular drill string, said body including an upper stabilizer section and a lower reamer section adjacent to said stabilizer section, elongate circumferentially spaced stabilizer pads secured to said stabilizer section against movement with respect thereto to center said body in the well bore, the lower ends of said pads terminating adjacent to the upper end of said reamer section, circumferentially spaced reamer cutter means carried by said lower reamer section for reaming the well bore, each of said reamer cutter means comprising a roller cutter, a shaft extending through said cutter, means at opposite end portions of said cutter for supporting said shaft on said reamer section, said stabilizer section having slot means into which said shaft can be moved lengthwise from said supporting means and roller cutter to effect removal of said shaft from said reamer section and stabilizer section, said slot means being located in the interior of said stabilizer section between said pads.

Stabilizer and reamer apparatus for drilling a well bore, comprising a one-piece body having a fluid passage therethrough, upper coupling means and lower coupling means at the upper end portion and lower end portion, respectively, of said body for securing said body in a tubular drill string, said body including an upper stabilizer section and a lower reamer section adjoining said stabilizer section, elongate circumferentially spaced stabilizer pads secured to said stabilizer section against movement with respect thereto to center said body in the well bore, the lower ends of said pads adjoining the upper end of said reamer section, circumferentially spaced reamer cutter means carried by said lower reamer section for reaming the well bore, each of said reamer cutter means comprising a cutter, a longitudinal member extending along said cutter to retain said cutter on said lower reamer section, means for supporting said longitudinal member on said reamer section, said stabilizer section having slot means into which said longitudinal member can be moved lengthwise from said supporting means and cutter to effect removal of said longitudinal member from said reamer section and stabilizer section, said slot means being located in the interior of said stabilizer section between said pads.