Delrin AF in small quantity?

Thanks all for the bearing-in-water thread.

Think I'd like a 6" x 3" x 3/4 bit of Delrin AF.

I can get a sheet 12" x 24" of that thickness for $675.80 plus shipping etcetera.

Uh, no thanks; too much$, too big, and w-a-y too much$.

Any better sources?

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xpzzzz
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Try eBay. Scraps of odd nylons and plastics show up for sale there quite often. (Ouch, expensive in small pieces, too.)

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Larry Jaques

=============== try

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F. George McDuffee

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PrecisionmachinisT

Could you use tubular stock and anchor it like a bulkhead fitting?

Also check out buying pre-made bushings, might be much cheaper.

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Steve W.

If you were happy with UHMPE you might find a chopping board that thickness.

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Dennis

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is 3/4" thick by 6" x 6" for $90 Delrin AF, only twice the size you were looking for but way cheaper than $675 :-).

If you were happy with UHMPE you might find a chopping board that thickness.

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Carl Ijames

Call around to machine shops and ask the guys who does plastics machining. Metal guys know who the plastics guys are.

I generally get a 50lb box of plastic scrap for a box of donuts.

Let me see what I have out in the racks

Gunner

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Gunner

Now THAT is a deal!

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Larry Jaques

All ya got to do is find shops that machine mostly plastics..and carry in some dognuts.

Most guys who machine this stuff have more scrap/chunks/bits than they know what to do with

Scrounge, swap and trade. The name of the game

Gunner

-- The essential differences between liberals and conservtives is that liberals could not exist without conservtives to defend their freedom and support them economicaly.

Conservatives on the other hand, can exist and live quite well without liberals."

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Gunner

They may need a couple parts machined from steel or aluminum, too.

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Michael A. Terrell

Maybe..but most of them can machine their own metal parts. Dognuts (donuts) is a pretty good trading item.

Gunner

-- The essential differences between liberals and conservtives is that liberals could not exist without conservtives to defend their freedom and support them economicaly.

Conservatives on the other hand, can exist and live quite well without liberals."

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Gunner

I was thinking they might need it done in some alloy they don't normally work with, or have on hand.

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Michael A. Terrell

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