Data from Figure 8.35, Manufacturing Processes forEngineering Materials2nd Ed, Kalpakjian p 514.
Notice the bottom few processes- Lapping and superfinishing are traditional abrasive machining processes.Electropolishing is a non traditional process thatcomes close but is generally NOT as good a finish as the abrasives.
Also notice the very small numbers with which we are dealing.Remember a human hair is about 40 microns.In some cases we are machining to the hundredth of a micron!