Originally Posted by Geof  Why is it necessary to do anything? Maybe I am a bit quirky but I find nothing wrong with a smooth machined surface.
Incidentally your factor of 25.4 would probably work; if my horrible mottled blotchiness was scaledd down by this amount then it would probably translate into a nice even mat finish which would be okay. But I suppose the way to get this is with very fine glass bead blasting. |
I am the same way about tool path evidence. However, the retail market disagrees and prefers no clues about manufacturing. Philistines and heretics they are.
A friend sometimes asks me to make things for him. He prefers maximum tool path lines be visible in the finished piece so that it is clear a CNC was used to produce the part. I am happy to oblige.