Ball valve ball lapping in production how
Mar 11, 2010· In the late 70''s I built a grinder to grind 3" ball valves that had a stem about 3" long out each end. I used a surface grinder and part of a between centers grinder. The same setup should work for lapping using a VFD to slow down the RPM and make a cup type lap. (The ball valves were first machined on an NC machine.)