cnirenberg
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I read an article on a tool called the Contrary Finishing Tool and decided to try it out. I didn't have any HSS, so I made it out of Cold Rolled Steel square stock. Before you go and buy all the stuff (really a 1/2" CRS 3ft piece is only about 6$), here is what I found......The CRS tool didn't really give me that great of a finish, compared to a fresh HSS bit in the indexable cutter, but what it did was to shave off that 0.001 very nicely-really fine "swarf" is the term all the machinist geeks use. The finish may be different with a HSS blank instead-I need to get some HSS blanks and experiment. I am only using it on plastics, the article author used his on various metal with great sucess. I can post the PDF if you are interested or you can Goggle search for it. The pen nib was the recipient of that cut. I had to try it out with the quick and easy DRO I made.