Surface grinding

Surface grinding is done on flat surfaces to produce a smooth finish.

It is a widely used abrasive machining process in which a spinning wheel covered in rough particles (grinding wheel) cuts chips of metallic or nonmetallic substance from a workpiece, making a face of it flat or smooth.

Sometimes a surface grinder is known as a flick grinder if great accuracy is not required, but a machine superior to a bench grinder is needed. ^{[citation needed]}