straightedges

[Jon Page]

How about the mahogany center/maple edged  ones with the
decal "Everett" on them.  Straight one side, 1/32" concave
on the other.  I am guarding the two I have. :-)

Used one of them yesterday for key leveling.

You can plane them on the glass slider door with a sheet of
fine sand paper and utilizing a thread to scrutinize.

Can't beat 'em,

Jon Page


At 09:53 AM 10/31/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi, Kris
>I like your applications, but at the moment I'm more interested in how to 
>buy or make a decent straightedge. My old one (wood with pyralin on both 
>sides) is getting old and warps too easily, and is getting skinnier from 
>all my attempts to plane it straight. I ordered one from Schaff and got a 
>4' aluminum rule, which I'll have to devise some means of holding upright, 
>and which is sort of heavy.
>
>Are there still, somewhere, the good old straightedges of yore? What does 
>everyone else use?
>
>Susan
>
>At 01:09 AM 10/31/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi, all,
>>I 've been finding new (to me) ways to use straightedges lately.
>
>(Lots of good uses, thanks.)
>