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Aluminum Mooneyes Tanks File Smoothing

5. With the shaped aluminum piece on the lathe, a file is laid against the surface. The spinning process leaves the material with a bumpy finish, and the file smoothes out all of the high parts. Afterward, a piece of coarse sandpaper is run along the surface to give it a "Sunray" finish.
Aluminum Mooneyes Tanks - Spin Back In Time

 5. With the shaped aluminum piece on the lathe, a file is laid against the surface. The spinning process leaves the material with a bumpy finish, and the file smoothes out all of the high parts. Afterward, a piece of coarse sandpaper is run along the surface to give it a "Sunray" finish.  View Related Article

 

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