In order to develop the technique to predict the surface characteristics of fatigue specimens of austenitic stainless steels by controlling finishing processing of lathe turning and shot peening, the applicability of the response surface models formerly created by the present authors using experimental design of experiments approaches to the fatigue specimens with different types and/or rolling conditions of austenitic stainless steels have been investigated. The conclusive remarks could be summarized as follows: (1) The predicted surface residual stress obtained by the response surface model of the lathe turning created for the round bars of SUS304 agreed with the observed surface residual stress of the fatigue specimen of SUS316. (2) The response surface model of the shot peening created for the flat plate of SUS316 was applicable to the prediction of the surface roughness RSm, the surface hardness and the surface residual stress of the fatigue specimen of SUS316 in spite of the different processing of the shot peening and the rolling conditions of the material.
