Title: (Optional) Perform routine surface grinding.
Course: Precision Machining Technology II (13203-II) > Section: Performing Machining Jobs

Performance should include

- ensuring safety by ring testing grinding wheels, performing visual safety inspection, and mounting and dressing a grinding wheel to prepare for surface grinding
- producing a part to match the process plan and blueprint specifications
- finishing the six surfaces of the block so they are square within .001 inch over four inches; finishes to be at least 32 microinches or better; and surfaces with no sharp edges.

Teacher Resources:

- Phillips Machinist, Phillips Corporation
- FS Wizard

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the importance of dressing a wheel before running the job?
- What are the types of grinding wheels?
- Why is it important that a part is relatively flat before it is positioned for grinding?