(11-30-2017, 09:55 PM)Highpower Wrote:(11-30-2017, 06:37 PM)randyc Wrote: From the above, my material would not seem to be Delrin - maybe Nylon. The icing on the cake would be to know for sure that the material is Nylon (so that I can avoid it in future). I have a piece left if anyone can suggest a means to evaluate it –
Try this: How to Identify Plastics
You DA' MAN, Highpower !
That is an excellent summary and I've bookmarked it, thank you, buddy. The "black soot in the air" point mentioned is a dead certainty that I was NOT working with Delrin !!!
I also found the following and it was all troublingly familiar, LOL, describing the problems I'd experienced and some of the steps I took (at the suggestions of others) to get 'er done.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/cnc...lp-155035/