Reclaiming drums

A process comprising providing a drum comprising a hollow cylindrical metal substrate coated with at least one electrophotographic imaging layer, said substrate having an outer surface describing a curvilinear plane, removing said imaging layer, and removing metal from said substrate by precision lathing or by superfinishing grinding to a radial distance between about 10 micrometers and about 40 micrometers from said curvilinear plane to form a reclaimed substrate having a total indicated run out variation mean of less than about 160 micrometers and which is free of distortions visible to the naked eye, forming a fresh electrophotographic imaging layer on said reclaimed substrate, forming a uniform electrostatic charge on said fresh electrophotographic imaging layer, exposing said fresh electrophotographic imaging layer with digitized laser or light emitting diode activating radiation in image configuration to form an electrostatic latent image on said fresh electrophotographic imaging layer, developing said electrostatic latent image with toner particles to form a toner image, and transferring said toner image to a receiving member.