Enco has an 18 X 24 toolroom grade surface plate for 43 bucks. Cost for shipping is 74 bucks because of the weight. Free shipping does not apply. Suggestions? Besides suck it up and pay out the ass for shipping, that is.
See what $117 will buy you somewhere that has free shipping, or that is local to you so there is no shipping? Seems to me MSC has/had free shipping on Starrett plates (so long as you let them figure out how to ship it), but I don't recall the prices offhand. Then again, that may no longer be the case...
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IIRC, it was Starrett that took care of the shipping. meaning you paid MSC the catalog price and tax but not freight. But that was a couple years ago and I don't know about now.
And even so, a Starrett 18 x 24 grade B is upwards of $300 these days.
Tove
Buy one at an auction?
If you can make do with a 12 x 18 Grade A plate this one is just barely UPS'able:
I use the broken one for rough stuff and using with Dykem HiSpot to check flatness. They didn't want it shipped back...
StaticsJason
If there is a J&L, KBC or similar store near your location, arrange to pick it up there. I got a 24x36" one at our KBC store. The guys at the store were real doubtful about putting it in my station wagon, but we did it. Be careful of your back, etc. when getting it out of the car.
Jon
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