Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: very cheap (read: free) bases for your next gantry project

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:00:57 -0000, you wrote:

>--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Gregory Kamysz
><smsupply@a...> wrote:
>> I'm looking for a base for my machine now. Have you worked with
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>> material? What do you use to cut it? I don't need anything that
>big.
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>> Greg Kamysz
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>An alternate thing is to buy a regular surface plate. Some places
>have great sales and you can get closer to what you need.

An 18 by 24 inch surface plate weighs upwards of 150 pounds. a 12 x
18 surface plate weighs about 75. Unless you get imported, you're
also talking about some serious money for the larger ones.

Harvey

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