[modeleng] Re: Granite Surface Plate
- From: Hubert Elffers <hubertshirley28@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:32:04 +0100
Hello Roger
I have a 1" thick slab of plate glass, perfectly flat, which has served me
well over the past 40 years. Like everything else, it must go, but I
would hesitate to post it! I also have the little Myford cast iron
surface plate, which has the feet accurately ground to the plate
Cheers! Hubert
On 14 October 2012 10:12, <kjones9154@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Roger,
> I would be care full with this idea. I bought a marble floor slab (very
> similar to that in the picture) for exactly the same purpose that you
> suggest. I think it only cost a quid.
> I was very disappointed when I got it home and checked, it had a 10 thou
> dip in the middle!! I still can not work out how they managed to produce
> that effect. Maybe they tightened it in a jig prior to polishing and the
> jig was so tight that it distorted the slab.
> I have had more luck with a chunk of marble rescued from a marble kitchen
> work surface, they chuck away the piece that they cut out for the sink.
> I hope this helps.
> Ken Jones, in sunny but hazy Berkshire.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Mason <roger.g3tdm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Model Engineering List - Latest <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:45
> Subject: [modeleng] Granite Surface Plate
>
>
> Hi All,
> I wonder if anyone has seen the following granite work surface:
>
>
> http://www.scottsofstow.co.uk/Granite-Chopping-Board/Product1_22051_-1_264215_10551?categoryId&198&top_category&152&parent_category_rn=&urlLangId=-1
>
> I am wondering if it would make a good surface plate in the
> workshop. For twenty quid, plus a fiver for p&p it sounds quite
> attractive!
>
> Does anyone have any experience of this good looking lump of
> granite? Is it flat? Does it scratch too easily?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roger Mason, in St. Agnes.
>
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