anyone find a good price recently on the 36" non beveled edge?
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18 years ago
anyone find a good price recently on the 36" non beveled edge?
it can be hard to find good prices on such items. ebay can be good but I just checked
There's an outfit called J & L: Industrial that sells them...I paid $105 for mine a few months ago. But you HAVE to wait for one of their "Buy 5 items, get 25% off" sale. By the straightedge and little items and you're on your way. Or sometimes they put all precision measuring instruments on sale for 25% off.
Without that sale, they're expensive.
Their site is
For the record, it's a tool I wouldn't be without. It's only defect is that it isn't five feet long... :-)
I did not say cheap. I just said not starrett. Knight-Toolworks
thanks.. I had heard about that site.. so I'll keep my eyes open.
I have the Lee Valley alum>
How much of a difference does it actually make? Assuming you don't bang it around, will the aluminum one go out of whack with just regular use?
Chris
Mine isn't either... :)
dave
yeah... I know.. I've contemplated this for too long.
The 1st SL I got from LV had noticeable twist. They sent a 2nd. It's as true as my jointer bed ;-) (a Jet 6").
The problem I see is most everyth>nospam snipped-for-privacy@mesanetworks.net wrote:
Steve is correct. Check out the Mititoyo brand as well. Also Lufkin. Even a General will be within .005 ... probably no more than a couple thou out.
There are also techniques for verifying & correcting straightness by either direct measurement or by comparing them to two other reference edges.
It's how the old-timers made their own straight edges and flats.
Bill
...until the first time you drop it.
that is one nice thing about the LV.. it's hollowed out slightly.. makes a nice grip.. whereas the Starret appears to be a solid chunk. The piont about dropping is well taken..
If 0.005 is all you want, just buy some precision ground flat stock of a thickness and width sufficient to give you the warm fuzzies. You can even get Starrett's version of it. :)
There is even a pre-hardened version...
er
| sale is on now... | | should I get beveled or not? | | I need a cheap telescoping guage set.. but what other inexpensive 3 | items would be good "filler"
How about a pair of magnetic bases to hold a featherboard?
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA
sale is on now...
should I get beveled or not?
I need a cheap telescoping guage set.. but what other inexpensive 3 items would be good "filler"
I could use a 12" 4R or similar rule.. but the options are staggering.. on their website..
I got the Starrett 6" hook rule...it lives in my hands.
Alright.. I got the Starrett 36" nonbevel nongraduated edge. Nice piece of steel. I need to go lay if across the jointer bed and see if it's straight ;-)
In defense of the Lee Valley 38" aluminum flavor.. 1st I got it for $35 at a WW show.. so no shipping. The Starret was $106 + shipping; call it $10 since most of the weight was the Starret (used the 25% off deal at JLindustrial).
So.. $35 vs $116 (though I see the LV is now about $40).
The Starret is a 7/32" wide, the LV 7/16". 7/32" is tough to sit upright w/o support. I might end up fitting up some wooden "training wheels" to prevent it from tipping over and tumbling off whatever I'm leveling. If I leave the "outriggers" a tad shy of the reference edge, they won't effect the measurement, but they will be in the way.
The Starret is steel, LV aluminum (though LV has a steel 24" one available, but I really wanted 36" +).
The Starret is a "block" of steel, somewhat hard to grap ahold of; the LV is hollowed out in the center; easier to grab and hang onto.
The Starret is solid; the LV has a hole to hang it up.
If my 1st go-around w/ the LV would have been good (my 1st one had detectable twist in it), I probably would have never questioned it's accuracy.
The LV has a lot more "useability features", the Starret, hopefully.. is more accurate and a once in a LT purchase.
For general use, where the risk of damaging is inherent, and accuracy is so-so, the LV would be my choice. Since I now have the Starret, I'll have to make sure I don't use it for any of those cases ;-)
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