"Cliff" wrote in message
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:47:51 -0400, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
wrote:
Yes it can. Or worse.

For a simple example of yes look at a grinding wheel's
surface finish then at the surface finish it produces.

Invalid argument. A wheel has an essentially infinite number of cutting
edges, all (eventually) playing at the same cutting depth. A tool bit has a
single cutting edge, whose cutting-plane defects will telegraph to the work.

Sure, with an infinite number of cuts at an infinite number of starting
positions, even a rough tool can give a smooth finish.

(chatter doesn't count in this discussion -- you're supposed to have
eliminated all that before the tool finish becomes important)

LLoyd