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1st September 2011, 11:47 PM #1
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Small cast iron straight edges from Germany
GergQ alerted me and a couple of others to an eBay item in Germany:
Abrichtlineal Messbrücke Messbalken 490x40mm, | eBay
It's a small "camelback" style straight edge that is precision scraped and finished. It comes in blue, hammertone blue or hammertone green (no choices).
The price is quite good. So I contacted the seller in German for a shipping price and they got back to me today with an offer of Eu130.00 (~ AUS$174.50) complete, airmailed to Aus (German VAT deducted already).
I checked with machtools (Phil) and he suggested I post the find here as he considers it a prretty fair price.
If anyone wants assistance to check or confirm anything in German with them, let me know and I'll post suitable German text here.
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Joe
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1st September 2011, 11:52 PM #2
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i wonder how much postage to Switzerland would be my fathers family lives there so he regularly visits.
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2nd September 2011, 01:32 AM #3
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According to Versand nach Deutschland | Portokalkulator | Deutsche Post (German Post office postage calculator) it would cost Eu30.00 ..... not cheap either, is it?
They weigh 5kgs packaged up according to the information I received. I should have mentioned that in the first post.
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21st September 2011, 09:29 AM #4
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Did anyone else get one of these? Mine arrived yesterday, 18 days from purchase. Very nicely packed, with a thick catalogue full of neat stuff. A lot of it is Chinese, but not all. Without pricing and closer photos it's hard to tell. Will see if I can assess how straight the straight edge is. Thanks to Joe for the heads-up.
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22nd September 2011, 12:27 AM #5
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Good stuff Bryan! Thanks for letting us know. GIve us some more feed-back once you have checked it out - and show us what you are using it for!
Joe
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22nd September 2011, 12:59 AM #6
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I was expecting to have to scrape it in, but I was horrified when I sat it on my plate. It rocked badly. Turned out to have matching dings on two opposite corners. I filed the burrs mostly down and it doesn't rock now. Can still see a whisker of light under it. Haven't spotted it yet. Will bring it to the course for show & tell. Interestingly, where I've filed it you can now see fine flaking marks.
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22nd September 2011, 01:31 AM #7
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The original ad said it was precisoin scraped! That is a sad surprise....
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