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BS 5204-2:1977
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Specification for straightedges Steel or granite straightedges of rectangular section
Hardcopy , PDF
English
29-04-1977
Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1. Scope
2. References
3. Definitions
4. Material and manufacture
5. Recommended sizes and design
6. Finish
7. Points of support for straightedges of 1 m length
and over
8. Accuracy
9. Case
10. Protection against climatic conditions
11. Marking
Appendices
A. Note on supporting straightedges of rectangular
section
B. Recommended methods of testing straightness of a
straightedge
Tables
1. Minimum section
2. Tolerance on straightness of working face
3. Tolerance on parallelism of working face
4. Combined tolerance on flatness and parallelism of
side faces
5. Best positions for supporting straightedges
6. Example of recording observations
Figures
1. Position of handling slots
2. Alternative methods of indicating the positions of
support
3. Deflection with supports at ends
4. Deflection with supports near the centre
5. Optimum position for supports
6. Test by inclination method
7. Plotting of readings
8. Method of compensation for mass of level
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