On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:57:58 -0600, Chris Friesen
wrote:


I saw the following in an ad for Excalibur:

"...we won't use stainless steel for guide rails for example. It is
just not reliably straight enough for our standards..."

Why would stainless be any less straight than any other kind of steel?

Chris


starrett makes high end straight edges from stainless. they are very
expensive.

cheap stainless tends to be soft.