Abstract: A brake lining grinder has feed wheels and an abrasion wheel defining a finishing throat through which one of a plurality of brake lining blanks are feed for simultaneously finishing the arcuate inner surface of the lining to precisely conform to the shape of the arcuate outer surface of a brake drum. The grinder includes an inlet guide surface for stacking a plurality of lining blanks for continuous automatic sequential feed through the finishing throat and the grinder further includes an outlet guide surface for receiving finished blanks for automatic gravity release from the grinder.