Josh,

You can get thin brass plates at just about any hobby shop.  Ones that deal
in model railroads and the like.  Most of them cary both brass and aluminum
shapes plates, etc from K&S manufacuring.  If you need anything very thick
though you had better go to Mcmaster & Carr.  They carry the thicker stuff
and let you order small pieces.

Kerry

At 10:41 PM 8/7/01 -0400, Joshua Clark wrote:
>GG's
>	I recently made a couple of spokeshaves based on John Gunterman's
>instructions, and using Ron Hock's blades.  I'd like to insert a brass
>wear-plate, but am unsure where to find the brass strips.  I'm also not
>sure what thickness to use. I assume a thin piece of brass would be
>easiest to work with, especially with the hollow shave where the
>wear-plate must be curved to allow for use on concave surfaces.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>	-Josh-
>
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