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lesterhawksby:
Another advantage of granite. If a clumsy idiot like me stands near a granite surface plate and drops a hard object that bounces onto it, the resulting small chip only subtracts material, it doesn't raise it. So you get a tiny area that is damaged, but very little reduction of the overall utility - if you only do it the once. (Verified by experiment  :doh: ).

Whereas with an iron plate, a ding or dent is quite likely to have a raised bit around it, that you have to stone flat, and then there is a larger patch of plate you'll never really trust again. (Thankfully not verified by experiment on a surface plate, but definitely happens to iron).

RobWilson:
They are cheep Joules .


I may have to treat myself to one  :dremel:


Rob

Will_D:
These threads are getting as dangerous as the ones on our homebrew sites:

Yet another piece of shinny ss kit or worse still a new digital brew controller thingy!

At least in the machine shop we are not getting "and links via blue tooth to your smart phone so you can machine or monitor your cnc from the comfort of your arm chair or nearest pub"

Or do I jest too much? ?

Joules:
Toooo much Will, none of your Bluetooth rubbish, it's full blown Wifi with streaming video and head accelerometer to detect tool load, collision or tool breakage.  The machine can email the pub and make sure your pie and pint are at the bar, whilst monitoring your progress to the pub via your phone gps....    Now that's what I call service.

DavidA:
Will,

You have to look at the acquisition of a granite surface place as long term investment.

And when you die you can have it engraved and use it as your tombstone. A cast iron one will rust away.

How about that for dual-function.

Dave.

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