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Old 03-06-2012, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by happyhab View Post
Unless you are an experienced machinist, I would think you might get into more trouble using a lathe than just sticking with the simple alternative first off.
I first trued up a pressure plate when I was in high school and had pretty minimal lathe experience. With the tool set up correctly, simply facing a part with no other machining is among the easiest things to do on a lathe. This is not rocket science by any means.

As Merk said, you want a flat surface perpendicular to the axis of the shaft...you'll get neither of those things with a belt sander.
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