bugbear
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Something's wrong!
As some of you may be aware I have an eensy teensy obsession with accuracy. One of my favourite workshop items is a 9x12 granite surface plate, imported from the USA where it was on a sale offer.
But look at this:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/recno/3/prod ... -20297.htm
APTC grade 'A' 18x24 (aka 450x600 mm) 4" thick surface plate. Yours for 86 quid.
<cockerny>Now this is top quality gear, my son. Grade 'A', and large enough to reference a #8 straight up, none of yer' diagonal messin' abaht.</cockerny>
Even the famously cheap Enco in the USA only have these at
84 dollars, and theirs is thinner at 3" (aka 75mm)
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PMAK ... TPG=INLMK3
APTC are BY FAR the cheapest source of these in the UK. Googling led me to machinery stores selling second hand, uncertified plates at double APTC's price!
BugBear
As some of you may be aware I have an eensy teensy obsession with accuracy. One of my favourite workshop items is a 9x12 granite surface plate, imported from the USA where it was on a sale offer.
But look at this:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/recno/3/prod ... -20297.htm
APTC grade 'A' 18x24 (aka 450x600 mm) 4" thick surface plate. Yours for 86 quid.
<cockerny>Now this is top quality gear, my son. Grade 'A', and large enough to reference a #8 straight up, none of yer' diagonal messin' abaht.</cockerny>
Even the famously cheap Enco in the USA only have these at
84 dollars, and theirs is thinner at 3" (aka 75mm)
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PMAK ... TPG=INLMK3
APTC are BY FAR the cheapest source of these in the UK. Googling led me to machinery stores selling second hand, uncertified plates at double APTC's price!
BugBear