From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Snag"  wrote in message news:vcksv6$196si$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 9/20/2024 4:32 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vckkdk$17tla$1@dont-email.me...   
   > That being said, the one thing you seem to catch my attention about was   
   > time and material removal rate.  I am always sensitive to time, and I   
   > don't know how you could improve that except by employing mechanical means   
   > to assist in at least the rough/coarse part of the process.  The problem I   
   > see with mechanizing the fine finish is you might need fairly fine   
   > mechanical bits.   
   > Bob La Londe   
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   > Search for "gem faceting machine".   
      
      
       All this talk about flat rocks has pushed me right over the edge . I   
   just ordered a 9 x 12 x 2 surface plate ... supposed to be within a   
   tenth which is probably closer than anything I'll be doing . And just   
   over 60 bucks delivered .   
   --   
   Snag   
   Voting for Kamabla after Biden   
   is like changing your shirt because   
   you shit your pants .   
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   Back when Enco had a store I bought a granite 12" x 18" surface plate from   
   them, and used it a little on the electro-optical projects from work that I   
   took home to design while machining. After retiring I haven't touched it,   
   the mill table is my adequately flat surface.  I might make an oak stand to   
   use it as an end table.   
   jsw   
      
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