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Turning and finishing a mirror finish on mild steel
I'm turning 2 flywheels for a working model
IC engine and I've not been able to get the quality of finish that I'd like. The flywheels are about 1" thick and 4" in diameter. I was working on the face of one last night. The problem is the small digs the cutting tool occasionally makes. I can polish out the overall surface to a mirror finish with successively finer grades of sandpaper, but I cannot remove the digs with the coarsest grade of sandpaper I have. Can anyone suggest a tool shape and feed that might give me a better finish. My tool is slightly rounded with the recommmended angles for steel. |
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