Newbie from Manchester (currently in hospital 😢)

**etched4u** · 25-01-2017

Out of hospital all OK, going to have a look at Google sketch up, also been looking at 100 x 50 x 5 mm box section rather than solid box

Any help/advice pleeeese

**Clive S** · 26-01-2017

Originally Posted by etched4u

Out of hospital all OK, going to have a look at Google sketch up, also been looking at 100 x 50 x 5 mm box section rather than solid box

Any help/advice pleeeese

Hi and welcome to the forum its difficult for people to give advise on the information you have given. Can you put up some pics of what you have and a bit more detail of what you are trying to achieve.

**CNCKitMan** · 26-01-2017

good news,

Bright steel is what your looking at for straightness. This according to my welder friend.

**komatias** · 26-01-2017

Originally Posted by CNCKitMan

good news,

Bright steel is what your looking at for straightness. This according to my welder friend.

Bright steel only means it has been polished. It has no bearing on any straightness or flatness. Your mate may have been referring to bight ground steel also known as drill blank. That comes in small packages and is expensive.

**CNCKitMan** · 31-01-2017

Well I'm not him, nor have I purchased what he suggested yet. He seems to think it's extruded. I may well have got the name wrong. That's just me. I've just used two equal angles from a wood burner as rails. Working fine.

**jamesgates1000** · 04-04-2018

Originally Posted by komatias

Bright steel only means it has been polished. It has no bearing on any straightness or flatness. Your mate may have been referring to bight ground steel also known as drill blank. That comes in small packages and is expensive.

Bright Mild Steel has not been polished, it refers to mild steel in its bright drawn form which is significantly straighter and flatter than hot rolled mild steel.