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Re: [Amps] nylons

To: "Bob Nielsen" <nielsen@oz.net>, <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] nylons
From: "Steve Thompson" <g8gsq@ic24.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:34:32 -0000
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Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:50:57AM +0000, Steve Thompson wrote:
>> On Wednesday 16 March 2005 11:39, R.Measures wrote:
>>> Amen, Karl-Arne
>>>
>>> The styrenes - such as ABS - are quite good around RF.
>> At least one cross linked versions, Rexolite, is really good and also
>> mechanically strong. It's horrible to machine, and very difficult to
>> source this side of the Atlantic :-(
>
> I thought rexolite was fairly easy to machine (at least the machinists
> where I worked didn't complain when we had them fabricate some parts
> from it, but maybe they liked challenges.)  I retract that part of my
> previous message!
Don't jump to that - maybe my machinists weren't up to the challenge! I
think it tends to clog and bind, I'm guessing there's an art to getting the
tool sharpening and feed speeds just right.

Can anyone else add thier experience?

Steve

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