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The place I work for has a 9 x 4' Starrett crystal pink surface plate that is about 6 months old. It is grade A, and bought new. This giant monolith is starting to show signs of wear.
In your experience, are there any good ways to get machinists to take care of their surface plate? I try to explain to people that it should be treated as glass, and will even show them how easy it is to chip the pink granite on the sides. Does anything else work?
How much should I sweat over chips and dings? This pink granite has plenty of mica, which will probably migrate out of the plate whether or not it's mothered. Are chips and dings just part of work or strictly verboten?
We really don't even have a use for it. It gets used as a work bench and staging area more than as a surface plate.
The place I work for has a 9 x 4' Starrett crystal pink surface plate that is about 6 months old. It is grade A, and bought new. This giant monolith is starting to show signs of wear.
In your experience, are there any good ways to get machinists to take care of their surface plate? I try to explain to people that it should be treated as glass, and will even show them how easy it is to chip the pink granite on the sides. Does anything else work?
How much should I sweat over chips and dings? This pink granite has plenty of mica, which will probably migrate out of the plate whether or not it's mothered. Are chips and dings just part of work or strictly verboten?
We really don't even have a use for it. It gets used as a work bench and staging area more than as a surface plate.