Hello Everyone,
I will be ordering a heat treat oven very soon and I have friend that owns a scrap yard that has found me some aluminum plate for quench blocks. The plate is 1/2" thick. Heres my question; Everything I see that I can buy is 1". Would there be any issues with cutting the plate a little longer than needed and bolting it together? Of course I would be counter bore the bolt holes so that the heads/nuts of the bolts wouldnt interfer.
He also found some 3/4" thick plate for me as well. Would 3/4 be OK or does it need to be 1" ?
I will be ordering a heat treat oven very soon and I have friend that owns a scrap yard that has found me some aluminum plate for quench blocks. The plate is 1/2" thick. Heres my question; Everything I see that I can buy is 1". Would there be any issues with cutting the plate a little longer than needed and bolting it together? Of course I would be counter bore the bolt holes so that the heads/nuts of the bolts wouldnt interfer.
He also found some 3/4" thick plate for me as well. Would 3/4 be OK or does it need to be 1" ?