Tufnol (or equivalent) - on the scrounge

Nov 23, 2006 3 Replies
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I am in the process of building a driving truck for one of my engines. It is a single bogie that needs to pivot freely (the other end of the truck attaches to the locomotive, so it is a sort of "trailer".)



I have two roller bearings to reduce the friction of turning, but I am looking for a suitable bearing surface. In the past I have used Tufnol (or equivalent) as it is hard wearing and self lubricating, however searching through my scrap bin I can find none.



I am looking for two pieces, each approximately 50mm x 170mm by approx



12mm thick.

Does anybody have any offcuts that they wish to exhange for drinking vouchers or other items of trade?



Cheers



Peter (Trowbridge)



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If you can't scrounge any, you can buy it from these people:

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Personally I have found that this firm quotes a bit high to start with, but that if you haggle you can halve the price!

Best wishes,

Chris

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do small offcuts reasonably cheapish.

I don't know if Tufnol SRBP is what you are looking for though - I'm not even sure what it is. They also do other stuff though, may be of some use.

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SRBP is Paxolin (Synthetic Resin Bonded Paper) SRBF is Tufnol (Synthetic Resin Bonded Fabric)

They also have a phenolic resin based material called Tufset.

British Mica in Bedford can be useful for small pieces, I think a guy called Peter is a contact there.

Peter

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