The characteristics of work piece's surface under precision abrasive belt grinding are analyzed.A comprehensive understanding of the reason of low roughness value's surface is found out,which the edge of grain formed compact and crossed micro grinding marks that can compensate for the inconsistence of grinding mark's height in single grinding direction.The grinding test of gear shaft is done for the sake of doing research on the main factors of surface roughness in grinding quenching stainless steel.The results indicate that decreasing the vertical pressure is beneficial to(reduce) surface roughness of work piece,and the surface roughness also can reach the requirement of precision processing when steadily grinding.