Source of straight edg castings

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I know there was a recent thread about straight edges and while looking at something else I noticed that Martin Models have a range of castings for straight edges and squares. If they are half as good as the models I have made from their castings then they will be very good indeed. Postage may be the killer.

[Pete CordellParticipant @petecordell95786]

There is also a small machine shop in essex making camelback straight edges form 12" to 48" you can find him on instagram.com/blacksheepcrossmember/ his squares are big 20" i beleve

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

Jason, an interesting website. Slightly amusing misprint on this page though!

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

[peak4Participant @peak4]

There's someone on ebay based in Weymouth who lists camelbacks kbalstmetalworking 12" currently come in at £150 unmachined
They are apparently cast by someone called KJ Metals.

I've have no contact with either firm.

There was also blacksheepuk2015 on ebay, who, as I recall, was a machine reconditioner who had some surplus castings up for sale earlier in the year; I believe he'd had some cast for himself and added a few extras to the batch. I think he said that those would be his last batch.
That might well tie up with Pete Cordell's comment above, which points to H.R Lamb and son; machine tool reconditioner and straight edge manufacturer..

Bill

 

Edited By peak4 on 08/11/2020 12:30:39

[Pete RimmerParticipant @peterimmer30576]

I know both of those guys. KJ Metals only does the 12" casting currently, he's been doing them for several years now. blacksheepuk does larger castings and they are very nicely cast. The one I was handling recently would put a Windley casting to shame. Both will machine the castings for you if you wanted it. I certainly wouldn't suggest trying to scrape in an as-cast straight edge without machining. You'll need to remove about 1/8" to get under the skin.

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