Newbie from Manchester (currently in hospital 😢)

[CNCKitMan]

good news,

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

[komatias]

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]

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]

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.

[Gav74]

Polished steel......lol

[CNCKitMan]

Loving that over a year later peeps finally come to my aid in debunking "Komatias" Polished steel statement.
Appreciated but moved on from then, lol.