Axle Preparation Study – Filed and Sanded Axle
This axle was dressed with an ordinary metal file in order to remove
burrs and crimp marks. Under the microscope, the file itself
looks like this:
After filing, the axle looked like this:
After filing, wet sanding at grits of 320, 400, P600, P800, 1000, 1500,
and 2000 was applied. After each grade of sanding, a cotton cloth
was used to clean the slurry from the axle. The following are
images after each sanding step.
320 grit
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400 grit
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P600 grit
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P800 grit
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1000 grit
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1500 grit
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2000 grit
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