Motor Shaft: Grind Yes or No?

Originally Posted by Peter Zicha

Here is a homemade jig for making factory quality flatspots

thats a nice idea...are the square pice of metal you have wielded to each piece of angle iron used to keep the shaft straight?

[Peter Zicha]

Originally Posted by azjc

thats a nice idea...are the square pice of metal you have wielded to each piece of angle iron used to keep the shaft straight?

No , If you look carefully they are on the bottom of the jig , they are exactly 5mm thick same as the shaft . when in the vise they keep a consistant distance on the jig clamping the shaft . without those it would be impossible to hold the shaft