Quote Originally Posted by piper184 View Post
A long time ago I watched a small automotive machine shop setup and grind a crank. It did not have the follower. The operator had to dial in each set of journals. Once everything was running true, the grinding wheel was moved from journal to journal. I think he did the mains first, then the offsets for the pistons. It would take a day or more to get a crank turned back then.
They way you saw it was the right way to do it. There are so many ways that orange machine could mess up a crankshaft. I am sure the crank would be pretty when it was finished, but any error that previously existed in the journal would still exist, plus any new errors the follower introduces.