Inexpensive straight edge

[cptully]

Joe,

The book is: John White's Care and Repair of Shop Machines. I just purchased it from Taunton.

Chris

 

[bitbight]

Just uploaded a pdf to the library that describes the process of creating straightedges from scratch if anyone is interested.

 

[Joe Lyddon]

Just uploaded a pdf that describes the process of creating straightedges from scratch if anyone is interested.

I'm interested... can you email to me?

Thank you...

 

[bitbight]

Joe,

I put the pdf in the download library, just go there, click and it's yours.

Ray

 

[Joe Lyddon]

Ray,

Thank you... I found it & got it.

 

[willarda]

An easy way to check the straightness of a piece of aluminum stock is to lay it on the floor and when the clerk isn't looking, use a pencil to trace a line on the floor. Flip the barstock over (edge to edge not end to end) and bring it to the line from the other side. If the bar is staight, then it will match, otherwise any error in straightness will be doubled and easily seen. You can also hold two pieces of barstock up edge to edge and compare the straightness against each other. Then flip one over and retest it to verify that it is straight.