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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] titanium grades

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2005-03-12

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:54:32 -0500, Dave VanHorn <dvanhorn@...>
wrote:

>
> AFAIK, delrin is ok.. We had an embarrassing incident with a bearing
> that
> was nylon vs delrin, because the engineer in charge insisted on using the
> materials with the lowest possible coefficient of friction. The
> prototype
> worked fine in wisconsin in the winter, but failed miserably at a demo.
> The
> bearing locked up so tight you couldn't turn it with pliers.
> Did I mention that the demo was in Cancun?


ok thanks.

ST