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Wow that just makes me want to cry. I wonder how my wife would feel taking a holiday to Ontario to go to auctions :D

Do these work on all sizes of zip ties or are they for a certain size? I don't even own a pair and wish I had bought a pair years ago!

I am assuming that using a surface grinder works differently than using something like this https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/sharpening/stones/55067-truing-stone-for-water-stones?item=08M1530 or wet dry paper on a surface plate? That is how I flatten my sharpening stones for my wood...

$5 a piece for large size end mills seems cheap to me. But I am also no out east.

Less stress is doesn't mean no stress. This can happen even with hot rolled. Also it could be slightly bent and still mic the same sown its length. You can have two parallel surfaces that are curved so the thickness does not need to be different in a gradual bend.

I reverse engineered a 100' radial stacker (conveyor for making large piles) for a company years ago using this exact technique. They had access to one and wanted to build one just like it but measuring the original would have meant to much down time. So i did some quick measurements of key...

Is this something Tom made? I don't believe I have seen that video?

So far there has been a lot of learning on this project and I love it. One thing I learned and will file away for the future is that cutting glass scales to length really isn't hard. Just takes patience and being careful. It's definitely not something to be scared of.

I have always wanted one of these. I just about bought one when Lee Valley Tools used to carry them. They stopped selling them and I have regretted ever since that I didn't get one while I could.

I won't say how many hours I spent figuring this all out :eek: but it is now reading just under .001" over the span of 18". You are right there was an issue with the end bracket. So long story short I shortened the scale to the exact length of the bed then had to drill and tap new holes for...