Hello,
Hope this is the right forum. Please excuse me if it is not.
I am working on a project and lack sufficient tools to work with larger pieces of material. Typically i use mic6 plate as it's easy to machine and cut and it's flat enough for my needs. It's a bit expensive however.
I was looking at having a piece of steel ground flat with a surface grinder and have a few questions:
The nominal size of the material I am working with is 2" wide by 1" thick and 24" in length out of 1018 steel.
I would like the 2" surface ground along the 24" length.
1) I would like it to be flat within .001" across the 24" length
2) Is flatness the right term or is it really thickness? I.E 1" thick with a tolerence of +/- .001" ?
What factors are the major contributions to price?
Any idea of how much this might cost in Northern California? If it's like $500 then I don't want to waste anyone's time.
Figured it's a good question for others that are not familiar with this subject to ask and archive here.
Cheers,
Shane
Hope this is the right forum. Please excuse me if it is not.
I am working on a project and lack sufficient tools to work with larger pieces of material. Typically i use mic6 plate as it's easy to machine and cut and it's flat enough for my needs. It's a bit expensive however.
I was looking at having a piece of steel ground flat with a surface grinder and have a few questions:
The nominal size of the material I am working with is 2" wide by 1" thick and 24" in length out of 1018 steel.
I would like the 2" surface ground along the 24" length.
1) I would like it to be flat within .001" across the 24" length
2) Is flatness the right term or is it really thickness? I.E 1" thick with a tolerence of +/- .001" ?
What factors are the major contributions to price?
Any idea of how much this might cost in Northern California? If it's like $500 then I don't want to waste anyone's time.
Figured it's a good question for others that are not familiar with this subject to ask and archive here.
Cheers,
Shane