On Sunday 28 July 2013 21:34:58 dave did opine: > A6 sounds tempting because it is easy to machine and will be slick. > However, you don't want something too hard as then the slide rather than > the gib will wear. Al bronze has been suggested and should work well. > Humm, more food for thought, thanks Dave.
> In one of the discussion groups there was a fellow ( brian@versamill ) > that said he might have drops (small left over pieces) off his 8' stock > for gibs. And this is trapezoidal stock already? Sounds interesting. Something to check out. Somebody made the remark the other day that us oldsters shouldn't be eating health food, we need all the preservatives we can get... :) Cheers Dave, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users