Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Scraping master

Inglish iz a dificult lenguage:
should say: Worse is the dimensional instability!

Sven Peter wrote:

>
> Doug, not only a pain to work with! Wore is the dimantional
> instability!.
> Personally I would go to my local steelsupplier and ask him for his
> oldest piece of Greycast or nodular cast profile. Often when it comes
> from the wholesaler it is already 2 or 3 years old. I just got parts of
> an discharged machine. One 90cm dovetail guide became a very nice flat
> scraping ruler.
> Hope you have luck.
> Is it still possible to order from Michael? Morgan (where you made the
> course) in California rulers?
> Sven Peter
>
> Doug Harrison wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for a chunk of cast iron to fabricate a scraping master for the
> > V ways in a surface grinder. Preferable dimensions are about 4"-6" square
> > and 36" long. Hollow box shape is preferred over solid as I do not wish to
> > handle a solid chunk of iron. Can anybody think of a source for such a
> > thing? (Cast mailbox posts, etc.) Steel will work but it is a pain to
> > scrape in.
> >
> > Doug
> >
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