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Thanks Guys,

Yes, I had figured out that the pits come and go with grinding away of material, so I don't worry about them too much. I was unsure of the orange peel, but I was figuring that it was due to the different hardness/softness of the aluminum in different areas. I also noticed that when I go from the 220 to the 360 that the 220 marks come out pretty quick unless there is a low spot. However I also notice that if I am sanding with the 360 one way and then switch the sanding to 90 degrees from that, new low spots seem to come up. If I get them all out in one direction, they show up in different places when I sand in another direction. I guess this is a function of the varying softness of the material. That is what seems to contrubute to the orange peel effect in the end and it is impossible to get it all out in the casting. I agree that the final effect if fine for what I want and it probably would not get much better. Now on to the bigger parts!!

Thanks a lot Fellas, enjoyed the feedback and will post some pictures when I get done.
Dave