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.
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. Good luck. Dave On Sun, 2013-07-28 at 22:32 +0100, Marcus Bowman wrote: > On 28 Jul 2013, at 18:02, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > > And whats the best material for the gib strip? I am not impressed with the > > soft steel now used in these chinese toys. Recycled coat hangers or > > similar junk IMO. > You could use Ground Flat Stock (AKA Gauge Plate), although the surface > would need some work, as it is, to my mind, too roughly ground as supplied. > If you have lots of enthusiasm, I suppose you could hand scrape it; it does > make a surprising difference. I milled some grooves to retain oil, in my > existing gib strips. I also created an oiling system which lets me get oil in > between the sliding surfaces. > > Marcus > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
