Surface plate stand

[GT-6 Racer]

Scored a very nice but ink stained Starrett pink granite surface plate. Needed a stand and an efficient storage for instruments. So....
Some 2" steel tubing and a weekend and voila, a new addition to the shop. don't mind the messy background, clearly there is a need for more storage.

 

[coolidge]

That thing is huge!

 

[GT-6 Racer]

That thing is huge!

just 24x36

 

[Dabbler]

Very nice work!!

 

[Eddyde]

Looks awesome! Alcohol or Acetone should take the blue off.

 

[Dabbler]

Looks awesome! Alcohol or Acetone should take the blue off.

or atleast fade them. But there is no problem if it is left there. it is probably prussian blue with a petroleum base, and was drawn into the grain boundaries. The newer water based high spotting compounds (such as Canode) don't soak in.

 

[ChazzC]

Suburban Tool recommends using Ammonia (plain Ammonium Hydroxide , like used to clean floods, no additional ingredients) for cleaning granite surface plates.

 

[Dabbler]

Suburban Tool recommends using Ammonia (plain Ammonium Hydroxide , like used to clean floods, no additional ingredients) for cleaning granite surface plates.

That's what I use; I buy those big plastic containers of pop up ammonia wipes. That way the cloth is always perfectly clean!

 

[ChazzC]

That's what I use; I buy those big plastic containers of pop up ammonia wipes. That way the cloth is always perfectly clean!

Don't access mine frequently enough for those - they'd get dried out. I use Tee-shirt gun patches wetted with Amonia out of the bottle for this and when cleaning other precision tools with Isopropyl Alcohol.

 

[Eddyde]

Years ago, I bought a bottle of "Surface Plate Cleaner" from Enco. It turned out to be basically just ammonia, it does do a very good job for general cleaning. However, I feel the Alcohol or Acetone works better for removing Prussian Blue.