Granite Plate

[Stustoys]

So I'm thinking hard about getting a granite surface plate.
"00", 630 x 400 x 100mm
McJING Tools Online (http://www.mcjing.com.au/categorybrowser.aspx?categoryid=45)
or
Granite Surface Plate : CARBA-TEC (http://www.carbatec.com.au/granite-surface-plate_c20499)


I think these are both grade B. I'm worried that the small one is a little to small.
Anyone seen any better deals around?
ATM I really only what to have a look at the crosssilde on my lathe, maybe some work on my mill sometime in the future.

Stuart

[eskimo]

So I'm thinking hard about getting a granite surface plate.
"00", 630 x 400 x 100mm
McJING Tools Online (http://www.mcjing.com.au/categorybrowser.aspx?categoryid=45)
or
Granite Surface Plate : CARBA-TEC (http://www.carbatec.com.au/granite-surface-plate_c20499)


I think these are both grade B. I'm worried that the small one is a little to small.
Anyone seen any better deals around?
ATM I really only what to have a look at the crosssilde on my lathe, maybe some work on my mill sometime in the future.

Stuart

what ever you get just make sure its big enough to accept my toy.......http://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/am-i-really-burglar-robber-what-121968/

they are all expensive to me considering how much I think I would need to use it...

the ones on ALIBAexpress just work out to be too expensive as well.

[Gavin Newman]

It depends what you intend to use it for, I have the Carbatec unit and use it just for marking out with a height gauge. It's workable in that guise, bigger is obviously better but the cost gets out of whack for the amount of use it would get.

[mic-d]

The medium size McJing plate or the bigger one for that matter were the cheapest I could find about 3 months ago. I bought the medium one but it seems to be out of stock atm.

Cheers
Michael

[eskimo]

I have the Carbatec one - it is perfectly sized to take a sheet of wet & dry for scary sharpening or flattening waterstones, and that's what I bought it for.

Forget about the grade of the granite plate.....for woodworking purposes, its FLAT:2tsup:

Mr Brush....(with tongue in cheek)...this is a metalworking working forum...we ...well some of us...lol work in .0001" or better

I dont think stuart is refering to woodworking accuracy

one thing I hate about wood work is...if you cut a bit of timber too short its toss it out and start again...with metal you just weld on another bit. and bob's your ancle....
I know cause when I was restoring most of our antique furniture for our house I just could'nt weld on another bit..i had to make a new piece every time..lol...

But in the end I did restore some beautiful pieces
2 celery top pine bedroom dressers
1 Blackwood bedroom dresser
1 Kuari pine 7 drawer bedroom dresser with 2 hat draws,
2 Wardobes, 1 had been in a fire but was restorable...and deep ones not those shallow ones most are that wont even accept regular size coat hangers,
1 Cabriole leg table with which I sold to my sis
1 set of 8 cabriole leg chairs picked up for $80 restored and sold for 1200.00 not including upholstery...my wife wanted them back when she saw the owner a few months later with new upholstery.
an old blackwood fall front bureau
2 cabriole leg tables...picked up for a song which now belong in HER house
16 Cabriole leg chairs scattered around the tables and elsewhere in the...er her house
an old kauri pine kitchen dresser
1 c1800's German wardrobe from Kapunda area which dismantles to a Ikea flat pack which I own lol
Blackwwod bow fronted bedroom dresser

all french polished, all poor or suspect joints re-glued with pearl/animal glue, new timber inserted where required and that is how I know ya just cant weld on a little bit extra when it comes to working with wood....easier with metal......

sorry for the rant...and self acclamation