Scammell4199 Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Does anyone know where i can buy a lump of bakelite from? Need i piece roughly 1" x 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" to make a new terminal insulator for the slave socket on the Scammell. Thanks in advance, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 (edited) Does anyone know where i can buy a lump of bakelite from? Need i piece roughly 1" x 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" to make a new terminal insulator for the slave socket on the Scammell. Thanks in advance, Richard Richard, Bakelite was usually used for mouldings, not supplied in sheet form. I would think the best material to use is Paxolin, which is in sheet form for circuit panels. I have seen it in thickness of 1/4" and 3/8", so you could laminate it. Added.........found a website selling sheets of it 25mm thick. Tufnol is a similar product as well, just a different trade name. Edited August 30, 2010 by Richard Farrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiver Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Could you use something like greenglass or tufnell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosrec Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I think engineering nylon would make a good substitute. Easy to work available in black . You can buy on line in small quantities. Try goggling direct plastics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Engineering plastic, in black or brown. You can get chunks of the harder stuff like PEEK which will turn down no problem, and if you just drop in for a visit and scrounge you might get an offcut cheap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzaw Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 We used to use Phenolic plastics- can be drilled, turned etc and was brown or black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangie Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Agree with engineering plastics, there are some with cracking insulating properties too. Please be careful with machining Tufnol, especially the old yellow stuff, the dust/powder is nasty stuff for the lungs, keep it well damped down. Alec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 We still mould bakelite and equivalent grades of material, if you pm me what you want, I'm sure we can help. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scammell4199 Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 I'd forgotten i'd started this thread! Some good leads - thanks Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Is Bakerlite still in production? As an aside, what are the dust risks of machining any of this stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 There is a Bakelite Museum somewhere in Somerset - not sure where but maybe Bridgwater area? I heard that it was about to close because of a lack of interest in it............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 This one? http://www.bakelitemuseum.co.uk/ Suppose it must be as there cannot be many. You can still get it. aledgedly. http://www.adrayplastics.co.uk/page008.html Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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