Thanks for the reply. Guess I should have waited for the rest of the steps
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[UOTE=SteveH;6562974]Metal. The process you are describing is called machining. using mills, lathes, etc. Yes, makes perfect parts hard as original.
This is for soft metal parts like pewter.
For Medium metals like Brass, copper, bronze I use sand casting. (different thread different weekend...)
For steel I machine or forge by hand and/or heat. No mill here ,but I have one (and a lathe) at work we use to make screws and bolts and the like.[/QUOTE]