I'm contemplating buying a small surface plate, like this:
Granite surface plate | FINE TOOLS
In the long run I want to get a bigger surface plate like a 630 x 400 mm one, but money and priorities... you know how it is. I have such a long list of materials, projects and tools already...
I think something like this would at least allow me to scrape smaller items such as gibs and whatnot, and also allow me to train scraping things flat, without it I cannot do much useful work or training...
Do you guys think it's worth getting a small plate like this, would it have any use after acquiring a full size plate? At least it's portable I guess so I can take it with me. In the long run it's more expensive to buy two plates, but it will get me going faster.
I've looked for 2nd hand plates too but they are rare as hens teeth in Finland it seems so this is what I am contemplating at the moment.
The plate does not specify if it's up to DIN 876 standards but the site says it is within 3um flatness across the diagonal, that is ~480 mm, DIN 876 grade 00 specifies a tolerance of 3um over 400mm, so it seems to be high quality. For what it's worth I was going to just go with a grade 0 plate for the larger one.
Granite surface plate | FINE TOOLS
In the long run I want to get a bigger surface plate like a 630 x 400 mm one, but money and priorities... you know how it is. I have such a long list of materials, projects and tools already...
I think something like this would at least allow me to scrape smaller items such as gibs and whatnot, and also allow me to train scraping things flat, without it I cannot do much useful work or training...
Do you guys think it's worth getting a small plate like this, would it have any use after acquiring a full size plate? At least it's portable I guess so I can take it with me. In the long run it's more expensive to buy two plates, but it will get me going faster.
I've looked for 2nd hand plates too but they are rare as hens teeth in Finland it seems so this is what I am contemplating at the moment.
The plate does not specify if it's up to DIN 876 standards but the site says it is within 3um flatness across the diagonal, that is ~480 mm, DIN 876 grade 00 specifies a tolerance of 3um over 400mm, so it seems to be high quality. For what it's worth I was going to just go with a grade 0 plate for the larger one.
