ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
In this thread: Plastic?
the question was asked, how are the numerous types of plastic blanks different from each other. I gave a short (possibly terse) answer and I was surprised how much interest the thread got.
Our new librarian (and one of my good friends), Wayne suggested that we try to get answers that were "library-worthy" and incorporate this as an article. Honestly, I think that is such a good idea that I am starting a few of these threads and I will incorporate the information into an article for Exotics and make it available to the IAP Library.
Ebonite is actually "hard rubber", a predecessor of plastics. You can tell it is a rubber product, when drilling and turning it smells strongly of burning rubber.
Drilling requires you to keep the heat down and turning is fairly easy. Polishing ebonite is a labor of love. It is often black and the material will show a "scratch" if one of the threads of your buffing wheel hits it wrong.
Again, I leave the comments to others, since ebonite is NOT one of my favorite materials.
the question was asked, how are the numerous types of plastic blanks different from each other. I gave a short (possibly terse) answer and I was surprised how much interest the thread got.
Our new librarian (and one of my good friends), Wayne suggested that we try to get answers that were "library-worthy" and incorporate this as an article. Honestly, I think that is such a good idea that I am starting a few of these threads and I will incorporate the information into an article for Exotics and make it available to the IAP Library.
Ebonite is actually "hard rubber", a predecessor of plastics. You can tell it is a rubber product, when drilling and turning it smells strongly of burning rubber.
Drilling requires you to keep the heat down and turning is fairly easy. Polishing ebonite is a labor of love. It is often black and the material will show a "scratch" if one of the threads of your buffing wheel hits it wrong.
Again, I leave the comments to others, since ebonite is NOT one of my favorite materials.