grinding guide feet

[DRUMCORPFAN]

i saw one of those revell (i Think) power tool's on tv, would this be a good product to use for preparing guide feet for a blank?
what do you guys use?

[mikecc]

Just a regular bench top grinder .
one side has the coarse wheel and the other side has a wire brush for deburing

[Bernzy]

I use a Dremel Tool

Bernzy

[tlapinski]

i just use a hand held file.

[Saltheart]

Bench grinder like Mike T with a cordless dremel for hand touch up .

[Bob Senior]

Bench grinder and finished off with fine carborundum sandpeper by hand. Gotta get the burrs off or they'll cut the thread.

[JohnR]

Dremel Tool here as I haven't (yet) had too much need for a grinder yet (yet)

[SeaWolf]

bench grinder is the fastest and easiest method. a flat file used after to remove sharp edges and smoothe them over.

[capesams]

then after you r finished grinding & sanding your feet, take a black per. marker an color the raw metal. by doing this the shine from the raw guide foot won't come through the threads.

[Saltheart]

I use a sharpie laundry marker for what capesam described. Also thought I'd mention that a lot of people swear by belt grinders for doing guide feet.

[Slipknot]

Question - Why aren't the feet ready to go on right from the factory? what is the grinding for?

[Goose]

I'ld think grinding foots would be time consuming. Having a guide foot that has been grinded will allow for your thread to go on evenly. A good exampel is to look at a 50 ring guide. You notice the foot on a 50 is a little thicker and requires more grinding to get that nice even taper. Smaller guides have less grinding but ya gotta go a little slower so ya don't grind your nuckels off(like me) lol

[DRUMCORPFAN]

Thanks for the info guys.

[Saltheart]

You're right slip , they should be ground when you buy them. But they aren't so you have to do your own.