It's now time to acquire a straightedge in the 30" area. I do not mind one that needs a toufhup, or even some more serious scraping back to good, but I am not interested in doing one from a milled surface. I've done that before, and it was entirely too much like work.
I have to do it in steps, as my longest reference is about 20" presently, which is another reason not to go with a rough milled part, and there is also the issue of warping. Starting from a reasonably close surface reduces the number of passes needed to get the steps aligned, and the idea is o get done sometime reasonably soon since it is a spare time operation..
Why do I have and need smaller reference tools? Because one thing I do is refurbish hobby-size machines, generally buying, going through them, and and reselling them. Extensive scraping is not usually that profitable, but it is sometimes needed.
So if anyone has such a straightedge that they want to sell, let me know.
I have to do it in steps, as my longest reference is about 20" presently, which is another reason not to go with a rough milled part, and there is also the issue of warping. Starting from a reasonably close surface reduces the number of passes needed to get the steps aligned, and the idea is o get done sometime reasonably soon since it is a spare time operation..
Why do I have and need smaller reference tools? Because one thing I do is refurbish hobby-size machines, generally buying, going through them, and and reselling them. Extensive scraping is not usually that profitable, but it is sometimes needed.
So if anyone has such a straightedge that they want to sell, let me know.