tattoomike68 said:After boring a little trick I have done at work for years on small bores is to take a chop stick or dowel, saw a slot in the end to hold some emory cloth wrapped around the stick. spin the part slowly in the lathe while rubbing the bore in and out kind of fast and you can get a nice cross hatch finnish just like the engine shops do.
Its kind of cheap and dirty but you can use it in the lathe , mill or drillpress. Plus you can make them any size you need.
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