How to Make Standoffs Shiny in 5 Seconds or Less
 

Re: How to Make Standoffs Shiny in 5 Seconds or Less
 

Why not just do this on the lathe while you're turning them?

Otherwise, yup, Scotchbrite is magic.

Re: How to Make Standoffs Shiny in 5 Seconds or Less
 

Also, why are you chamfering your standoffs?

Re: How to Make Standoffs Shiny in 5 Seconds or Less
 

This is fairly common to break the edge.

The one on the far right is a more typical size, the 2nd one is a rather large chamfer.

Re: How to Make Standoffs Shiny in 5 Seconds or Less
 

I know for this scale it probably doesn't matter, but wouldn't it be better to undercut the face of the standoff so it's held firmly around the edge? Chamfering it kinda sounds like the opposite of what you'd want to do.

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That doesn't really do anything to break the edge (if anything it's sharper then). A small chamfer won't ruin anything and it'll make the parts safer / easier to handle. Doesn't need to be huge like on the 2nd standoff though.

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Ah, so breaking the edge is just to remove burrs and the sharp edge? That makes sense.