Re: Kevlar and Phenolic

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

I note # 8468K21

www.mcmaster-dot-com

1/4 inch thick and 12 x 12 inches....  $378.69!!!!!  Hard to find on the 
site...

But they indeed do sell it ;-))

Cheers,

         Terry

At 10:09 PM 1/31/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>You can get phenolic woven with kevlar at McMaster Carr.
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>Dan
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> > 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...
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> > Cheers,
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> > Terry