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Re: Rotor surface finishing
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2008, 03:43:32 PM »
Awesome!

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Re: Rotor surface finishing
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2008, 02:15:51 AM »
How did you do the other side?  Any luck?

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Re: Rotor surface finishing
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2008, 03:18:24 AM »
well you gotta love that, nice method :)
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Re: Rotor surface finishing
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2008, 10:25:22 AM »
Was that a dremel?

Looks good, did it brake well after?

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Re: Rotor surface finishing
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2008, 12:18:26 PM »
How did you do the other side?  Any luck?
just flip it over and repeat

Was that a dremel?

Looks good, did it brake well after?
it was a die grinder with a 3M sanding abrasive disc.

don't know yet, still putting the bike back together  :D

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Re: Rotor surface finishing
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2008, 03:32:33 PM »
excellent ingenuity - does it finish off the disc evenly or is it a very light skimming of the surface ??

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Re: Rotor surface finishing
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2008, 07:09:54 PM »
it's just skimming the surface. perhaps if i use a 3" disc i could get a better, more even surface then with a 2"

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Re: Rotor surface finishing
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2011, 02:30:22 PM »
I realize this is pretty old, but it looks like the link is dead?

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Re: Rotor surface finishing
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2011, 06:36:30 AM »
I realize this is pretty old, but it looks like the link is dead?

I guess the link changed but here it is.

http://s231.photobucket.com/albums/ee149/gearbot/XJ1100/?action=view&current=MOV00836.flv