Re: Kevlar and Phenolic

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


You can get phenolic woven with kevlar at McMaster Carr.

Dan




 > Gosh!!  I was going to order some other stuff from McMaster Carr, so maybe
 > I should get a few yards of kevlar just to play with.  I think it can be
 > worked like fiberglass and epoxy resin.  It is supposed to be rough on the
 > hands and such...  They also make phenolics with kevlar as the binder, but
 > never have seen it for non-military "public" sale.  Make a darn strong
 > rotor ;-))  I think you need special shears (or cheap ones) to cut the
 > stuff too...  Sounds like a single layer would stop anything a gap could
 > shoot out...
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 > Terry