On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:05:31 +0000, The other Thomas Gardner wrote:

Well, a 3.5" per side cube is pretty much it. Of course it's got
dovetails cut on 2 faces (this is a QC lathe toolpost).


Yeah, well, I assume I'll have to do some grinding when it comes back.
Another reason why I was (and really, still am) hoping to pick a
material that would be wear resistant enough for the job even without
heat-treatment.

If the heat treating is just for wear resistance have you thought about
case hardening? I don't know much about the commercial process, but
Kasenit doesn't require quenching.