These sites deal with the finishing and polishing of Aluminum http://www.car-accessories-magazine.com/aluminum-polishing.html http://www.irinfo.com/polish/html/polish.html A Scotch-Brite™ Cut and Polish Flap Brush in a hand held drill would work. I could also see using a small round abrasive pad with a foam backer in the spindle of your mill and run a small G code program that moves the work piece approximately 3/4 the diameter of the pad and then lowering the head to just contact the work surface and repeat this the full length of the part resulting in the traditional circle polishing affect common on aluminum. Wayne
>> You can get special belts for a sander that polish aluminum... the finish >> depends on the >> grade... they look like 3-m polishing pads but on a belt... >> >> John >> >> On 2 Dec 2008 at 22:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >>> What do you guys use as the quickest and best cost effective and >>> time-effective way to finish flat surfaces before the parts are >>> Anodized? >>> The parts are 8"x6"x3" Al boxes made from square tube with a few >>> slots >>> and holes CNC'd in so the surfaces are still the raw surfaces. >>> I can CNC the boxes with a flat-face-mill , but wonder if there >>> isnt >>> something else you know of that is maybe a bit faster as I need to >>> clamp >>> and turn each side for the mill if I want to do it that way. >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
