On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:33:07 -0000, Leon Heller
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leon.heller@...> wrote:
>
> I just checked Delrin's properties, it's no good in acid or alkaline
> solutions:
> http://www.upchurch.com/TechInfo/matDelrin.asp
> It's a pity, as it's otherwise a very good material.
>
Thanks a lot.
I especially like that:
" It is best to use Delrin with neutral pH aqueous solutions or organic
solutions for guaranteed best performance."
As if i could choose the liquid to suit their plastic, silly people...
>>
>>
>> I also would have a carbon fiber tube from model building with 8mm dia
>> for
>> a shaft that could easily take the load, but i don't know how i would
>> make
>> the bearing if i use that. It is carbon fiber in some resin, probably
>> epoxy, wall thickness is about a mm.
> Carbon fibre uses a similar epoxy resin to fibre-glass.
> Leon
Seems so.
But i have not the slightest idea how i could make bearings for the carbon
fiber tube...
ST