Recent content by sharlotendo

The thing with a Caliper is "Feel"just touching on the internal bore..then the same touch on the mic.Its suprising how accurate you can get with a bit of practice.

When you dress the wheel,if you drag the diamond across it fast, it leaves it rough..this is used to remove a lot of metal.Before the final finish you can redress the wheel slowly to get the micro finishes.There was always a bit of rivallry between the "precision grinders" and the "Turners"...

One of the main tricks, is to make sure the grinding wheel is dressed with a diamond. Depending on the speed the diamond is drawn across the grinding wheel determines the micro finish on the finished work. Micro inch finishes are done with a scratch pad. After a facing cut is done on the...