Metal brushing — Brushed metal finishing gives a surface a uniform finish and removes surface defects. This technique helps produce a uniform, parallel grain texture to even out the product’s surface.

In contrast, electropolish removes metal from surfaces, producing a unidirectional pattern that is both stress and occlusion free. Electropolished surfaces are also microscopically smooth, and ...

Pieces from the likes of Finex or Smithey are sand cast but machined (often by lathes) into a silky smooth cooking surface. Butter Pat’s, however, is cast smooth and thin by hand. The details of this ...

The jaws of snips should always be perpendicular to the surface of the metal. There is a tendency when cutting curves to lean the snip in the direction of the curve. This encourages the snip to ...

“And components are smooth enough for painting and plating. Typical lots are from 100 to 4,000. A company might just need 100 parts for a pilot build.

The patented M409 tangential milling system from Paul Horn GmbH features rhombic indexable inserts. The precision-ground inserts achieve a high surface quality at the bottom of the groove and on the ...