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trevj said:
Y'know, I figured this out in Grade 8 Shop Classes. Did a LOT of draw file work in Metal Shop classes!
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More folks need to know about draw filing: gave me great results cleaning up the side of my Indexing Plates (still on sale, made in [& shipped from] Canada):

Indexing Plate Sides.jpeg

There is still the "shadow" of the laser cuts, but the sides are smooth to the touch and flat & square.


I didn't bother cleaning up the hot-rolled faces, just sanded off the worst of the mill scale – I think it's a nice look (I did spray them with T-9):

DGray Indexing Plates rfs.jpeg
 
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