04-13-2021, 04:31 PM
Well for the first time in my life I can say I got myself Grade A stoned! 
A new Starrett Toolmakers flat. It keeps getting harder and harder for me to move around a 4" thick (B grade) granite plate these days for some reason. So I wanted something more portable.
On the flip side of the coin it makes me really sad to see how far Starrett has fallen. The carry case they continue to show on their website is long gone. What used to be a well made box with dado joints and a luggage style carry handle now appears to come from the Far East Big Rock Candy Mountain and put together with mitered joints and sports a 7,5mm kitchen drawer pull for a carry handle.
Even Starrett is too ashamed to put their name anywhere on it.
A new Starrett Toolmakers flat. It keeps getting harder and harder for me to move around a 4" thick (B grade) granite plate these days for some reason. So I wanted something more portable.
On the flip side of the coin it makes me really sad to see how far Starrett has fallen. The carry case they continue to show on their website is long gone. What used to be a well made box with dado joints and a luggage style carry handle now appears to come from the Far East Big Rock Candy Mountain and put together with mitered joints and sports a 7,5mm kitchen drawer pull for a carry handle.
Even Starrett is too ashamed to put their name anywhere on it.
Willie