Starrett Granite Surface Plate Installation

We'll begin the installation of the new @lsstarretttools granite surface plate now that we have our leveling bolt pads machined and ready to go. We must carefully remove the metal cabinet and get it flipped over right side up. Once that's done we'll lift the granite plate, set it onto the cabinet that begin to move it to it's final resting place inside the office. Once in the office we'll get it leveled and ready for work.
With the addition of the new granite plate we will have the capabilities of showing some high quality inspection and tool room work where the plate is used as a master flat surface to work off of. Used for measuring flat and straightness of parts or setting up other inspection tools to sweep workpieces on to gauge and inspect. The plate will also be used to check and inspect scraped surfaces such as straight edges. This tool has many wonderful uses and I look forward to sharing it's uses with my audience.
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[sparkplug]

Standing back and looking at your new shop, I can only imagine how impressed your grandfather would be, and how proud he’d be of the level of skill you’ve attained.

[PhilG]

Reminds me of the Surface Plate we had at the German company I worked for as an Engineer many years ago! I forget the dimensions, but it was easily twice as long and wide as that one! First time I saw it I ran my hand over the surface and there was a BIG gouge in it. Turned to "Hans" the German Shop Foreman and said: "Wouldn't want to be the guy that did THAT"! Hans said: "He vas fired." Found out later Hans chased the guy out of the shop with a hammer! We got along great though, I didn't break tools! 😁

[kkupsky]

Can’t believe I’m watchin over a half hour of a man fawning over a rock. Lovely. You guys are a great match.

[simonthompson]

With ref to your knee board Adam - loads of young guys think their knees are invincible. Loads of us old guys know better. Protect yourselves, we know, we've been there and we can't stand up without a lot of swearing!

[RobertGracie]

Nothing beats an Abom79 video after dinner, best part of the day!

[wood]

Cardboard between steel on steel situations is excellent to prevent slipping. I learned that from a professional Rigger. It has served me well forklifting or jacking machinery into position.

I saw a guy setting a granite slab as a front door stoop. He threw a bag of ice on the surface he was setting on to allow him to fine tune the position as it settled into place

[NikeHM]

You should have told that guy - "Yeah, I guess I'm not used to spending as much time on my knees as you" 😆

[garagemakerguy]

There is nothing more satisfying after the finishing facing of a piece, then placing it on granite slab, and having to slide it over the edge of the slab to pick it up because it is so perfectly flat that you cannot lift it straight up off the slab. Thanks to Abom for sharing more great content about excellent reference measurement tools from Starrett.

Cheers,
Jeff (Garage Maker Guy)

[demosdxs]

It's crazy that the old dynasty Egyptians used to accomplish the same thing on a much larger scale and in their building materials no less.

Another great video.

[jamesschantz]

Adam, have your electrician put a 20 amp outlet in the ceiling directly over one edge of your service plate. You can then put a drop on that so you can reach socket/s. I found it very helpful to not have cords laying all over the floor when I had to have electronic gauging equipment on the plate.

[SeanHodgins]

I have the Deluxe pallet jack from ULine and its a beast. Really well made, highly recommend. I moved a 6600lb machine with it alone. Rated for 7700lbs.

[trevort]

I love that the best tool for inspecting how accurate your work is is a big rock

[geckoproductions]

Fine business on the new granite plate. And thanks for the tip about Northern Tool. Now I have a tip for you: Go see your orthopedic Dr. and see if it's time for a knee replacement. There is NO REASON to suffer with it any more. I tore my knee up with a sports injury in 1969. 10 days in hospital, 10 weeks in plaster cast. It finally wore out last year and i got a brand new shiny titanium knee for Christmas in 2021. The doc who did it did it robotically. I asked him what the difference was and he said that he would still be doing the surgery, but the robot made him an order of magnitude more precise when fitting the bone to the titanium. The bottom line is shorter recovery time, fewer unhappy outcomes, less meds needed. I was in hospital one day and out the next.. Walked on it before I went home. Was back at work in two weeks, pretty much full recovery in 3 mo. Now a little over a year later it's better than new. No pain, works great, no issues. So, when you and your doc agree you need one, don't hesitate. You'll be glad you got it done. My2c

[sfeather]

The Photo at the end always makes me smile....Guessing it's You, Your Dad, and Your Grandfather ? Love it.

[dlstanf]

I love my knee savers. Wished I'd known about them 20 years ago.

[doppler]

I can feel your joy over buying a lifelong dream. This will give you forever service that will keep from having to guess and have second thoughts on accuracy. I am really happy for you.

[TheBonnetq]

I love using a granite plate and height set to inspect parts! So versatile

[barryram]

Good to see someone taking good care of their equipment and respecting the work someone else has done on that cabinet and paintjob

[mikemarriam]

When I was a kid building treehouses I would have been in heaven with that crate wood.

[jd]

That'll make a great coffee-table for the office ;-D