dgfoster
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2008
- Location
- Bellingham, WA
I have been diligently casting and machining straight edges and squares. I am nearly caught up as I now have in stock raw castings for my 8, 18, 36 and 48" straight edges.
I have them listed on eBay. I will soon have a 30 X12X4 box square (like metalmagpie machined and is scraping) in stock. There are a couple other box squares that have sold and are out there and in progress.You can easily find the various eBay listings by searching on Featherweight Straight edges. Detailed pictures, pricing, weights, shipping costs, machining options are listed as well.
I have machined castings of the 18 and 8 in stock and can get a 36 done in a week or so. I do not have equipment large enough to machine the 48's or the squares.
Practicalmachinist members get a 10% discount when the SE's are bought directly from me. There are additional savings for local pickup---a nice way to save some money and fun to get to put faces with names.
Also, PM members who complete a bona fide scraping class (there were three in a Rich's class in Tacoma for example and there have been others) get a total of a 30% discount ---10% on purchase and 20% more upon completion of the class applied to the straight edge of their purchase. Student discount is limited to one per student one time only.
These castings are made one at a time by me in my own foundry from commercially sourced grey iron. Each casting is carefully inspected, hardness tested, and properly thermally stress relieved.
Quite a few PM members of this forum have purchased one or more of the SE's.
Here is a message I got yesterday concerning an 18"
Hi Denis,
Yes, I have received it. Everything is just fine as you promised and i am absolutely happy with a new tool in my shed. Thanks so much for your help with the machining. I have measured the flatness and parallelism of the top surface and found it all within +/-0.001 on all length. It will save me a lot of time on scraping. Thanks for all your help and wish you a good luck, (name withheld)
Denis
Contact info: I much prefer email over PM's [email protected]
I have them listed on eBay. I will soon have a 30 X12X4 box square (like metalmagpie machined and is scraping) in stock. There are a couple other box squares that have sold and are out there and in progress.You can easily find the various eBay listings by searching on Featherweight Straight edges. Detailed pictures, pricing, weights, shipping costs, machining options are listed as well.
I have machined castings of the 18 and 8 in stock and can get a 36 done in a week or so. I do not have equipment large enough to machine the 48's or the squares.
Practicalmachinist members get a 10% discount when the SE's are bought directly from me. There are additional savings for local pickup---a nice way to save some money and fun to get to put faces with names.
Also, PM members who complete a bona fide scraping class (there were three in a Rich's class in Tacoma for example and there have been others) get a total of a 30% discount ---10% on purchase and 20% more upon completion of the class applied to the straight edge of their purchase. Student discount is limited to one per student one time only.
These castings are made one at a time by me in my own foundry from commercially sourced grey iron. Each casting is carefully inspected, hardness tested, and properly thermally stress relieved.
Quite a few PM members of this forum have purchased one or more of the SE's.
Here is a message I got yesterday concerning an 18"
Hi Denis,
Yes, I have received it. Everything is just fine as you promised and i am absolutely happy with a new tool in my shed. Thanks so much for your help with the machining. I have measured the flatness and parallelism of the top surface and found it all within +/-0.001 on all length. It will save me a lot of time on scraping. Thanks for all your help and wish you a good luck, (name withheld)
Denis
Contact info: I much prefer email over PM's [email protected]
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