Re: mirror finish on aluminum?

There are some pictures on the metalworking drop box showing what is
to me is a novel approach to bit sharpening to produce what looks
like an extraordinary finish on steel using a shaper.

Perhaps a similar approach can be used to get better finishes with a
fly cutter, and with the proper angles, on aluminum

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/ Go to Shaper00.txt and then
the jpg's that follow

Jerry

> george@f... wrote:
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> > I have a retrofited RF 30 and I'm trying to get a mirror finish

on a

> > 4"x4" piece of 6061T Aluminum. I'm using a 3" fly cutter with

various

> > tooling but I just cant to get a mirror finish. Is it posible? Or

is

> > there another step after milling to get a mirror finish. I know

the

> > head needs to be trammed but figured that would'nt effect this.
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