Re: Re: Re: re:Re: Lead screws for ever...(wood)

Smoke wrote:

>For what it's worth....I learned a long time ago when I worked for a
>gauge design outfit, that if you're going to be machining wood, the
>best thing to use is hard maple. The reason for this is being that
>when you store guages in maple blocks, the guages won't rust! If
>you cut walnut and lots of other types of woods containing acid, you
>better clean the tool thouroughly after finished to prevent your
>achine parts from rusting!

Smoke,

Ditto. Or Boxwood (expensive and hard to find, but worth it)
Or Pawlonia (Japanese Laurel)Not hard, but good for tool
storage.


Ballendo