(03-06-2012, 05:12 PM)stevec Wrote: Arvid, I hope your questions have been answered, Sometimes the jocularity obscures the legitimacy.
So, to reiterate, because I'm curious, are some surface plates ground to the same flatness and surface precision on both sides?
In a word no, they are "finished" as Jerry stated, but a normal standard type surface plate only has it's top side lapped and polished.
DaveH