I just received a Garrett Wade aluminum straight edge 38 inch and wanted to post a review. First, years ago Garrett Wade had lots of woodworking tools, but seem to have cut way back lately. I looked at their steel straightedges last year, but the quoted tolerances were awlful ( IIRC .0005 per inch ) The aluminum straight edge is quoted at .002 over the whole length, which is pretty good. I have a granite surface plate that allowed be to check up to about 20 inches at a time, and could not insert a .001 feeler gauge anywhere – I thought that was pretty good. The website has a good picture of the item, solid black, except the milled bottom. It stands on its edges, though I haven’t messed with it much. The box says made in Taiwan, but I did not see a manufacturers name.
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Wickate
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#1 posted 927 days ago
Thank you for the helpful review!
Chad
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#2 posted 927 days ago
Invaluable.
Seems like one of those things that you … never know how you lived without it, after you get one.
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#3 posted 927 days ago
And the price was ? with or without shipping / handling ?
-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.
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#4 posted 927 days ago
$30, or … the pair—24” and 38” are on sale….
http://www.garrettwade.com/lightweight-aluminum-straightedges/p/36A01.04/
-- -- Neil
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#5 posted 927 days ago
Thanks a lot , Neil …the pair seems like quite a bargain for $40 : )
-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.
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#6 posted 927 days ago
Hard to argue that.
I always use my 4’ Stabila level, but … I haven’t found anything flat enough to check ITS accuracy.
Does anybody know whether the granite slabs, used in homes, are dead flat ? Our builder screwed ours up, in shape, and left us the “bad” one, when he re-did it.
If I could be sure IT was dead flat, it’d be very handy….
-- -- Neil
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#7 posted 927 days ago
I’ve also used my 4’ level , but sometimes it’s just too long for the area I’m working in and God only knows how accurate it is over its length.
I can’t answer your Granite question , but I would check it out with your Stabila as best as you can and go from there.
-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.
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