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33262
80 tooth 10" blade triple chip with negative rake. Owned a plastics fab company for 15 years. Grizzly offers a reasonably priced one. _____ From:...
Corey Minion
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Nov 5, 2009
2:15 am
33263
http://www.grizzly.com/outlet/10-x-5-8-80t-TC-125-Solid-Surface-Blade/G2805 _____ From: casting@yahoogroups.com [mailto:casting@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ...
Corey Minion
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Nov 5, 2009
2:23 am
33264
That is the exact type of blade that I use as well, but I have had very bad luck with Oldham blades being out-of-balance (REALLY wobbly). ... -- Ray Kotke ...
Ray K
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Nov 5, 2009
3:11 am
33265
Odd, we have used at least 15 of that exact blade over the last 25 years, never had a single issue. ... __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus,...
Corey Minion
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Nov 5, 2009
3:02 pm
33266
Are you looking for the material to resist flexing or to be able to flex without breaking...they are kind of two different properties which work...
JasonR
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Nov 5, 2009
3:10 pm
33267
I've not used that exact Oldham blade, but 3 others that I had purchased for a remodeling job were replaced by Freud blades that worked perfectly after all of...
Ray K
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Nov 5, 2009
3:44 pm
33268
Ted, Excuse me, a slip of tongue, meant to say plexiglas instead of poly carbonate. You are correct. Rocky ... From: Ted Quick rim_molder@... Date: Wed,...
Rocky
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Nov 5, 2009
10:27 pm
33269
Forget that and go with a carbide tipped wood blade for cutting s x8's and you will be fine, 80 T blades are for intricate plastic cutting, not 1/2 inch lexan ...
Rocky
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Nov 5, 2009
10:29 pm
33270
Isnt plexiglas Dows brand name for acrylic? ;) _____ From: casting@yahoogroups.com [mailto:casting@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Sent: Thursday, November...
Corey Minion
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Nov 5, 2009
10:32 pm
33271
Geez, fellows. The guy just wants to cut one piece of lexan, not make it a full time job? Why get all fancy blades? ... From: "Corey Minion"...
Rocky
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Nov 5, 2009
10:46 pm
33272
Table saw, carbide ripping blade, slow feed, LOTS of WD-40 on cut area.  Do with LOTS of ventilation. Use Fan for direct breeze on table area.  ... From:...
Duane Engle
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Nov 5, 2009
11:06 pm
33273
No, Plexiglas is Rohm & Haas's name for acrylic sheet. IIRC Dow used to make Lucite sheet, but that was split off some time ago. Ted Quick ...
Ted Quick
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Nov 5, 2009
11:49 pm
33274
A local glass shop here can cut a 14" x 14" piece of Lexan for around $28.00. - Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Mike Jackson
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Nov 6, 2009
2:39 am
33275
I just bought a couple of molds off of eBay and wondered if anyone here could help me figure out what was used for the casting/molding material to produce...
Mike Jackson
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Nov 6, 2009
2:48 am
33276
Well, that didn't work. Here's the item number: 190344008934 Sorry for the link not translating. - Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Mike Jackson
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Nov 6, 2009
2:53 am
33277
This is driving me batty. I KNOW that I've seen these in my childhood, but I just can't place them. Internet searches haven't helped, couldn't find any clues...
Mike Jackson
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Nov 6, 2009
5:32 am
33278
This is probably going to sound silly, but is there any chance this is like those little snap-together toys that came in boxes of Cheerios?  The ones you...
Robin Ferrer
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Nov 6, 2009
6:16 am
33279
I beleive they are plastic sheet vacumm molds from a hobby kit produced by Lionel in the 1960's? You would put a thin sheet of styrene? plastic, warm it up on...
Rocky
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Nov 6, 2009
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33280
They also remind me of the molds used with vinyl casting set-ups that we often see in the local zoos and museums. That Gemini capsule mold is a heck of a...
Mike Bauers
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Nov 6, 2009
11:42 am
33281
I'm thinking they are a "slosh" mold for casting in lead. You pour liquid metal in then pour out the excess. A certain amount of metal would have cooled...
Iron Rook
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Nov 6, 2009
1:23 pm
33282
They look very similar to the wax molds used at the LA Zoo or polystyrene molds. Greg  Krynen www.Krynen.com www.PurpleDragonGifts.com ...
Greg Krynen
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Nov 6, 2009
1:37 pm
33283
Thank you for the help. The capsule would seem to set the age of the molds at roughly 1960 (Project Mercury, 1959 through 1963), but that's only a guess. I...
Mike Jackson
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Nov 6, 2009
2:03 pm
33284
Forgot to mention that the press is operated with an Allen wrench that inserts into a socket on top of the press that rotates and lowers the piston into the...
Mike Jackson
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Nov 6, 2009
2:14 pm
33285
Upon closer examination of the boat and capsule molds, it looks as if the casting medium was injected at the edge of the mold. At the retro rocket end of the...
Mike Jackson
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Nov 6, 2009
2:32 pm
33286
Contacted the Mold-A-Rama folk. Maybe they'll know what the molds are from. - Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Mike Jackson
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Nov 6, 2009
2:41 pm
33287
Mike...... sounds like expanded polystyrene bead molds. I've thought this as the thread was developing, and I think those gaps are the clue. It allows the...
Mike Brose
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Nov 6, 2009
3:00 pm
33288
Thanks, Mike. I downloaded the catalog and will look through it tonight. - Mike ... From: casting@yahoogroups.com [mailto:casting@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Mike Jackson
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Nov 6, 2009
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33289
The fellow at the Mold-a-Rama restoration and sales site said that they're not Mold-A-Rama molds. Other than a small upper case "V" on one of the chess molds,...
Mike Jackson
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3:46 am
33290
I found a chess set at eBay that appears to be the right scale (the board is 5" x 5"), though the pieces are slightly different from what my molds would seem...
Mike Jackson
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5:05 am
33291
Not true. I have spoken with several plastic manufacturers one being the people I bought it from and polystyrene alone melts to a water like state. I even had...
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