While working in Bill Anderson's beautiful shop during a hand planing class, we used some aluminum straight edges. They seemed to work well.
The tip is he purchased an 8 foot length of aluminum bar stock from his local BORG. Cut a 4', 2' 18", and 6" piece, filed the cuts, and drilled a hole in one end. I went to my local Lowe's and found the same aluminum bar for $25+, and cut it to the sizes with an old blade on my chop saw and have been very happy with my set. :eusa_danc
[MOUSE]Are they dead-on accurate to the .0001"?[/MOUSE]
Probably not, but they are as close as I can work and the price is right.
The tip is he purchased an 8 foot length of aluminum bar stock from his local BORG. Cut a 4', 2' 18", and 6" piece, filed the cuts, and drilled a hole in one end. I went to my local Lowe's and found the same aluminum bar for $25+, and cut it to the sizes with an old blade on my chop saw and have been very happy with my set. :eusa_danc
[MOUSE]Are they dead-on accurate to the .0001"?[/MOUSE]
Probably not, but they are as close as I can work and the price is right.