[chrisb]

Has anyone here ever made diamond plate. I'm thinking of using
aluminum from broiling pans, may 3" x 5".
A roller with a pattern might work. Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

if it does not need to be very broad, have a look at these packing belts used for shipping fridges, washingmashines and similar things.
they got a diamond-shape pattern.

 

[Guest]

Plastruct sells it.
Toad

 

[Les]

I can think of a good possibility: a tool used for pressing the rubber splines into aluminum screen doors. You'd have to replace the wheel with one of your own dimension, after 'scalloping' it on a wheel or with a file, so you'd get periodic impressions and skips. Use a straightedge for a guide. Be a lot of work for the first one. Obviously, you'd need to do the rolling on a semi-hard rubber pad or a piece of soft wood.

Les W.

 

[bull]

Walthers has safety tread for large scale the tread is about the same size as the tread on aristo gp-40's and sd-45's.
5-3/4 x 3-1/2" 14.3 x 8.7cm
Walthers Part # 643-501, G scale, $6.99, currently in stock at Walthers
Super thin polypropylene realistic raised tread. Easy to trim, paint and glue to any engine or model. Each package comes with two 3-1/2 x 5-3/4" sheets.

 

[Terl]

A couple of ideas. Take some metal window screen. You can distort it so that it forms a diamond pattern. Epoxy it to some plastic or metal flat stock and trim to size. Also some of the craft stores carry expanded metal mesh (aluminum) in various sized diamond patterns which will also glue to flat stock.

Terl

 

[Paradise]

In Australia we have a 'dampcoarse' moisture proof for laying under walls in building.
It is thin black plastic with a fine embossed texture that from memory has a diagonal aspect to it.
It could be a reasonable approximation.
You may have the same in the US of A.