On 2008-05-29, JR North wrote:
What the others said about tramming, flycutter instead of end mill, hand
sanding the finish, etc. Also you should have this:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93981

I kind of like this sander a lot because it is so small. I have a hand
held electric sander also. All good ideas.

In a few days I will be similarly refurbishing a 4" vise (this one was
a 5").

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In a corner somewhere. Very useful for surface finishing on a WIDE range
of stuff.
JR
Dweller in the cellar


Ignoramus9931 wrote:
Related to my yesterday's vise refurbishing project, where I milled a
little thin layer off the anvil to make it look smooth. I used a 5/8"
carbide endmill. I made multiple passes, each time removing a "strip"
approximately 1/2" wide.

While the result is perfectly acceptable for a vise anvil, it was
nothing to brag about as far as finish quality is concerned.

Here's one revealing pictu

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Vise-2182.jpg

The ridges you see, are visually exaggerated by the fact that some
passes fere from left to right and some were from right to left. They
look bigger than they are because of this. In reality they are not
really that high.

So. What would you do, to achieve a decent looking flat finish,
without a surface grinder or anything of the sort.



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