[underthetire]

We had a guy scrape a hardened bed on an old Mori SL65, he did a fantastic job actually, but took him a week to do 25 inches, and he was a master fitter. That machine still runs today, 15 years later. Either way, this is not a job for a beginner, and the V ways make it even tougher to do. Even if you did find someone to grind in your area, you still have to deal with gibs and saddle fitting.

[mactec54]

We had a guy scrape a hardened bed on an old Mori SL65, he did a fantastic job actually, but took him a week to do 25 inches, and he was a master fitter. That machine still runs today, 15 years later. Either way, this is not a job for a beginner, and the V ways make it even tougher to do. Even if you did find someone to grind in your area, you still have to deal with gibs and saddle fitting.

The SL65 I have done them also and they are not what you would call Hardened ways, they are a little tougher than a regular cast iron bed but you can scrap them without any problems

Agree most forget that everything else has to be refitted to the new surface, they are only about 1/3 of the way done with just the bed