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Includes tooling, save for what you'd find in a reasonably-equipped machine shop
Sole
24" x 3" x 3/16" AISI C1018 steel, low carbon ground flat stock
MSC: steel C1018 24" x 3" x 3/16": 06203301 $36.17 26jun02
(Starrett #498 low carbon ground flat stock AISI C1018: 76203306 $40.78)
(from www.starrett.com: "On a relative machinability rating of 100 for AISI
1018 steel, our No. 498 low carbon ground flat stock has a machinability
rating of 137.")
Sides
24" x 2.5" x 5/32" AISI C1018 steel, low carbon ground flat stock
MSC: steel C1018 24" x 2.5" x 5/32": 06216253 $22.43 26jun02
(220 commercial bronze 1/8 thick x 12 x 12, MSC $58 32003675)
(353 engraver's brass 1/8 x 12 x 12 MSC $49 32005977)
(510 phosphor bronze 1/8 x 6 x 12 McMaster 5092K38 $63.04)
(464 naval brass min 1/4" thick from McMaster and MSC)
(954 alum. bronze: comes in 1/4 min. thickness from MSC)
Iron
18 x 2 x 7-1/2" air hardening steel, precision ground
MSC: Timken Latrobe "Olympic" D2 oversize 2.015 x .200 x 18 86312204 10aug02
or MSC A2: 18" x 2.5" x 3/16" Starrett 76062520 $34.76
(D2 is 1.5% Carbon .3 Silicon .3 Manganese 12.0 Chromium .9 Vanadium .75 Molybdenum)
Back iron
1/8 x 2 x 3.75 low carbon steel
Small Parts ZRTS-2/32-36 Cold rolled C1018 steel, 1/8 x 2 x 36 $6.50 6aug02
Throat plate
3/8" steel plate
Small Parts: 3/8 x 4 x 3 cold rolled steel ZRTS-6/64-3 $5.95 6aug02
Lever cap
1/2" aluminum bronze
McMaster 8959K25 Alloy 954, rect. bar 1/2 x 2-1/2 x 12 $38.12 1aug02
Lever cap pivot screws
slotted-head shoulder screws
Reid ART-50
Lever cap screw
3/8-16 knurled head screw, head 7/8 OD x 5/16 ht, stainless
Reid SKHS-4S, orig 2" thread length, cut to about 1-1/4", $5.65 30oct02
Cross pins, throat plate rivets
3/16" rod, low-carbon steel or cast iron
Small Parts U-ZRS-3-36 cold rolled C1018 steel, 3 ft. $1.90 6aug02
Cross pin spacers
3/16" I.D. brass tubes
Small Parts: TTRB-04H-36 alloy 260, 1/4" OD .029" wall 3' long $6.85 6aug02
Iron screw
3/8-16 x 1/2 slotted pan-head, stainless
McMaster-Carr: 91792A619 10/$4.62 27oct02
Turn head diam down to 9/16, trim length to 5/16 (plus a bit)
Blade Guides
Grub screws, slotted, cup-point, 10-32 x 3/16, stainless
McMaster-Carr 94025A160 $5.07/25 1aug02