Finish a bar end

[rik arryParticipant @rikarry]

Hi

Can anyone suggest a way to finish the end of a 5mm stainless steel bar , with out the use of a lathe .

thanks in adavance

[rik arryParticipant @rikarry]

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

No specifics given, so we guess. Goody.

Sandpaper and elbow grease. Disk / belt sander. Oil stone. Some means to keep it square may help. Or do you (also) want chamfering?

If you really want to finish it, leave it on a railway track or hit it with a sledge hammer?

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

File, then bit of emery cloth wrapped around the file.

[Tractor manParticipant @tractorman]

Depends how good a finish. I use scotchbrite wheels on my bench grinder to satin finish then cotton mops to get a mirror polish.

[Bodgit Fixit and RunParticipant @bodgitfixitandrun]

Hold it in a drill if not too long. Then file and emery cloth.

[Author]

Posts