Hi Gary,

You're a man after my own heart economy wise....I see that the round 1/8" X
1.5" with the ultra-microfine finish is just 78 cents each!!!
Amazing price and quite affordable!  Of course shipping is a likely "pained"
expense.  I didn't look for any minimum order note; it looks
like you have to order first and then find out.  Neither do they say exactly
what brand they are or the finer details; but a wild guess is
they could be (Japan; very good quality) Mitsubishi C4's also, just like on
E-Bay.  Most of the time that size is used to grind down to
make drills for circuit boards.

They will work as-is, a heck of a lot better than plain iron/steel rods, and
of course much longer.  A finer "polish" at this time, is
kind of a unknown procedure.  I'd "run them", myself.....as is...as your
"crossed rod" pivot is probably the best relatively frictionless pivot there
is for a Lehman.

Very well done!!!

Take care, Meredith

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Gary Lindgren 
wrote:

>  Meredith,
>
> This morning I ordered some round carbide blanks from
> http://www.centennialcarbide.com/  I don't know exactly what these will be
> like when I get them. But what can be done round items is to 'center-less
> grind' them. Machine shops can do this, so depending on what the surface
> finish is, this is a possibility.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
>
>
Hi Gary,

You're a man after my own heart economy wise....I see that the round 1/8" X 1.5" with the ultra-microfine finish is just 78 cents each!!!
Amazing price and quite affordable!  Of course shipping is a likely "pained" expense.  I didn't look for any minimum order note; it looks

like you have to order first and then find out.  Neither do they say exactly what brand they are or the finer details; but a wild guess is
they could be (Japan; very good quality) Mitsubishi C4's also, just like on E-Bay.  Most of the time that size is used to grind down to

make drills for circuit boards.

They will work as-is, a heck of a lot better than plain iron/steel rods, and of course much longer.  A finer "polish" at this time, is
kind of a unknown procedure.  I'd "run them", myself.....as is...as your "crossed rod" pivot is probably the best relatively frictionless pivot there

is for a Lehman. 

Very well done!!!

Take care, Meredith

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Gary Lindgren <gel@.................> wrote:














Meredith,

This morning I ordered some round carbide blanks from http://www.centennialcarbide.com/ 
I don't know exactly what these will be like when I get them. But what
can be done round items is to 'center-less grind' them. Machine
shops can do this, so depending on what the surface finish is, this is a possibility.

Gary