Tom H wrote:
> Anyone have a cheap source for 3/8 in. phenolic sheets sutable for making
> router table inserts.
> It seems that $35 is the going rate for precuts at woodworking sites and $36
> sq ft at plastic suppliers is the best I can do.
When you say precut, are you talking about rounded corners and holes
drilled, or just cut to the overall rectangular size? I just called a
buddy of mine who works for AIN Plastics. There's a $75 minimum, and
they'd charge you for a 12" x 12" piece, but the price per, forgetting
the minimum, is about seven or eight bucks for a square blank of 3/8"
paper based phenolic. Canvas based is more. So if you bought ten of
them to cover the minimum, maybe sell some to your buddies, that's
fairly reasonable.
Here's a guy selling sheet on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1361-PHENOLIC-3-8-THICK-BLACK-XX-PAPER-BASE-18-X-21_W0QQitemZ7596580073QQcategoryZ36352QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
It'd be about $40 with shipping, and you'd only get two with a fair bit
of waste.
R
Tom H wrote:
> Anyone have a cheap source for 3/8 in. phenolic sheets sutable for making
> router table inserts.
> It seems that $35 is the going rate for precuts at woodworking sites and $36
> sq ft at plastic suppliers is the best I can do.
Lee Valley wants $32.50 for a 16x24 sheet of 1/4".
I've had this in my table for a year now with no sagging, although I did
make the cutout for the router as small as possible to maximise support
for the insert.
Chris
Buy it from somewhere like McMaster-Carr
John
On 10 Mar 2006 09:07:52 -0800, "RicodJour" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Tom H wrote:
>> Anyone have a cheap source for 3/8 in. phenolic sheets sutable for making
>> router table inserts.
>> It seems that $35 is the going rate for precuts at woodworking sites and $36
>> sq ft at plastic suppliers is the best I can do.
>
>When you say precut, are you talking about rounded corners and holes
>drilled, or just cut to the overall rectangular size? I just called a
>buddy of mine who works for AIN Plastics. There's a $75 minimum, and
>they'd charge you for a 12" x 12" piece, but the price per, forgetting
>the minimum, is about seven or eight bucks for a square blank of 3/8"
>paper based phenolic. Canvas based is more. So if you bought ten of
>them to cover the minimum, maybe sell some to your buddies, that's
>fairly reasonable.
>
>Here's a guy selling sheet on eBay:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/1361-PHENOLIC-3-8-THICK-BLACK-XX-PAPER-BASE-18-X-21_W0QQitemZ7596580073QQcategoryZ36352QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>It'd be about $40 with shipping, and you'd only get two with a fair bit
>of waste.
>
>R
"Tom H" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anyone have a cheap source for 3/8 in. phenolic sheets sutable for making
> router table inserts.
> It seems that $35 is the going rate for precuts at woodworking sites and
> $36 sq ft at plastic suppliers is the best I can do.
If you can make do with 1/2", corian sink cutouts ought to be cheap. I got
a big pile of them for free last year. I just made a router table out of a
large sheet of corian, and it has been fine so far; should work for a
insert.
Tom H wrote:
> Anyone have a cheap source for 3/8 in. phenolic sheets sutable for making
> router table inserts.
> It seems that $35 is the going rate for precuts at woodworking sites and $36
> sq ft at plastic suppliers is the best I can do.
>
>
The plastics supplier I deal with in my area has a scrap bin. These
cut-offs are sold by the pound. I've been able to find pieces large
enough to make my inserts from these scraps.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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On 3/10/2006 1:25 PM Toller mumbled something about the following:
> "Tom H" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Anyone have a cheap source for 3/8 in. phenolic sheets sutable for making
>> router table inserts.
>> It seems that $35 is the going rate for precuts at woodworking sites and
>> $36 sq ft at plastic suppliers is the best I can do.
> If you can make do with 1/2", corian sink cutouts ought to be cheap. I got
> a big pile of them for free last year. I just made a router table out of a
> large sheet of corian, and it has been fine so far; should work for a
> insert.
>
>
I've just been told about a huge piece of corian at one of our offices
that they are throwing out. I told them to hold on to it, I'll be there
next week to pick it up. It's a pretty good size chunk and kinda
awkward shape, but I think I can get me a decent router table out of a
piece of it.
--
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I was talking about the blank round cornered precuts.
Do you know if typical plates you buy from woodworking suppliers are paper
or canvas based?
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"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Tom H wrote:
>> Anyone have a cheap source for 3/8 in. phenolic sheets sutable for making
>> router table inserts.
>> It seems that $35 is the going rate for precuts at woodworking sites and
>> $36
>> sq ft at plastic suppliers is the best I can do.
>
> When you say precut, are you talking about rounded corners and holes
> drilled, or just cut to the overall rectangular size? I just called a
> buddy of mine who works for AIN Plastics. There's a $75 minimum, and
> they'd charge you for a 12" x 12" piece, but the price per, forgetting
> the minimum, is about seven or eight bucks for a square blank of 3/8"
> paper based phenolic. Canvas based is more. So if you bought ten of
> them to cover the minimum, maybe sell some to your buddies, that's
> fairly reasonable.
>
> Here's a guy selling sheet on eBay:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1361-PHENOLIC-3-8-THICK-BLACK-XX-PAPER-BASE-18-X-21_W0QQitemZ7596580073QQcategoryZ36352QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> It'd be about $40 with shipping, and you'd only get two with a fair bit
> of waste.
>
> R
>
>