TorontoBuilder
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I'm soon going to be needing a decent grade of straight edge with a 2" or wider base in order to do some machine scraping.
I can never find ones for sale. So what are my options?
For anything up to 23" I have a surface grinder that I can use to establish a baseline accuracy to start from. If someone guided me thru the repeated set-up process I could likely grind longer straight edges to within a reasonable level.
So I suppose I can go though the painful process of buying rectangular durabar for 12", 18" or even 24" straight edges.
I've seen people use steel beams, I've seen a fellow tig weld up a straight edge using cold rolled, but who recommended hot rolled if trying it. I dont tig weld... but I can get plate water jet cut easily.
Is there a secret dark web site that is selling all the straight edges?
Is Coreprint in Hamilton still around? I think I reached out to them before but dont have any email record of it.
I can never find ones for sale. So what are my options?
For anything up to 23" I have a surface grinder that I can use to establish a baseline accuracy to start from. If someone guided me thru the repeated set-up process I could likely grind longer straight edges to within a reasonable level.
So I suppose I can go though the painful process of buying rectangular durabar for 12", 18" or even 24" straight edges.
I've seen people use steel beams, I've seen a fellow tig weld up a straight edge using cold rolled, but who recommended hot rolled if trying it. I dont tig weld... but I can get plate water jet cut easily.
Is there a secret dark web site that is selling all the straight edges?
Is Coreprint in Hamilton still around? I think I reached out to them before but dont have any email record of it.