Today i tried to scrape a parallel but found it was damn hard, would have taken ages. It was one of 4 at 15" long, ebay bought, all of them bannered a good .0008 or so.
With need being the motivator i got the grinder out. Setting up well down wind from the plate I got stuck into the smallest one (ive an extractor that could suck an elephant through the eye of a needle).
The first side done. (retouched it after the other side was completed)
The flip side. The blued area is around .0008 from 0.
3rd rub (i think)
Close up of the cheapy grinder and general butchering.
Getting close.
And done.
All up im very happy with how it turned out, am keen to explore further with a view to roughing work / working with hard materials etc. Made light work of the job, can imagine it to be very quick when you have some methods dialled in.
With need being the motivator i got the grinder out. Setting up well down wind from the plate I got stuck into the smallest one (ive an extractor that could suck an elephant through the eye of a needle).
The first side done. (retouched it after the other side was completed)
The flip side. The blued area is around .0008 from 0.
3rd rub (i think)
Close up of the cheapy grinder and general butchering.
Getting close.
And done.
All up im very happy with how it turned out, am keen to explore further with a view to roughing work / working with hard materials etc. Made light work of the job, can imagine it to be very quick when you have some methods dialled in.