I have seen the green "Colorfin" phenolic faced plywood at the local
Woodcraft in Portland. I am impressed. I am also impressed at the
price... it's basically thin green phenolic, probably epoxied onto the
face of 13 ply birch. Anyone know of a more reasonable source for
this material? Methinks it would be ideal for DIY shop built
machines. Heavy, stable, slick, and tough.
Is the material used for concrete forms comparable? I know it can be
had for around $50 a sheet but it is probably not as nice...?
Bob the Tomato
Bob the Tomato wrote:
> I have seen the green "Colorfin" phenolic faced plywood at the local
> Woodcraft in Portland. I am impressed. I am also impressed at the
> price... it's basically thin green phenolic, probably epoxied onto the
> face of 13 ply birch. Anyone know of a more reasonable source for
> this material? Methinks it would be ideal for DIY shop built
> machines. Heavy, stable, slick, and tough.
>
> Is the material used for concrete forms comparable? I know it can be
> had for around $50 a sheet but it is probably not as nice...?
>
> Bob the Tomato
I understand according to WoodPeckers.com that concrete forming is
exactly what it is used for and where may I ask did you find it for that
price? I would like to buy sheets at that price. Please respond to me
thru email I may not return to this thread.
D. Vogel
Bob the Tomato wrote:
| I have seen the green "Colorfin" phenolic faced plywood at the local
| Woodcraft in Portland. I am impressed. I am also impressed at the
| price... it's basically thin green phenolic, probably epoxied onto
| the face of 13 ply birch. Anyone know of a more reasonable source
| for this material? Methinks it would be ideal for DIY shop built
| machines. Heavy, stable, slick, and tough.
|
| Is the material used for concrete forms comparable? I know it can
| be had for around $50 a sheet but it is probably not as nice...?
It is good for DIY machines - but it's pretty hard on router bits.
BTW, the phenolic surfaces paint up nicely with Krylon.
I'm also interested in finding suppliers of full-size sheets - and, of
course, good prices.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
On Mon, 07 May 2007 04:36:41 GMT, Bob the Tomato <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I have seen the green "Colorfin" phenolic faced plywood at the local
>Woodcraft in Portland. I am impressed. I am also impressed at the
>price... it's basically thin green phenolic, probably epoxied onto the
>face of 13 ply birch. Anyone know of a more reasonable source for
>this material? Methinks it would be ideal for DIY shop built
>machines. Heavy, stable, slick, and tough.
My understanding is that it's not laminated to the ply, it's actually
formed with the ply itself so it's really bonded in there. I used it
for my router table top.
-Leuf
Yeah, that's a little rich for my blood. Could make the router table
top out of solid bocote for that price. David Marks, eat your heart
out! LOL
Bob the Tomato
On Mon, 07 May 2007 15:27:43 GMT, Pat Barber
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Woodpeckers has it on sale right now...
>http://www.woodpeck.com/fbplywood.html
>
>Bob the Tomato wrote:
>
>> I have seen the green "Colorfin" phenolic faced plywood at the local
>> Woodcraft in Portland. I am impressed. I am also impressed at the
>> price... it's basically thin green phenolic, probably epoxied onto the
>> face of 13 ply birch. Anyone know of a more reasonable source for
>> this material? Methinks it would be ideal for DIY shop built
>> machines. Heavy, stable, slick, and tough.
>>
>> Is the material used for concrete forms comparable? I know it can be
>> had for around $50 a sheet but it is probably not as nice...?
>>
>> Bob the Tomato
On Mon, 07 May 2007 11:53:33 -0500, Leuf <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Mon, 07 May 2007 04:36:41 GMT, Bob the Tomato <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>I have seen the green "Colorfin" phenolic faced plywood at the local
>>Woodcraft in Portland. I am impressed. I am also impressed at the
>>price... it's basically thin green phenolic, probably epoxied onto the
>>face of 13 ply birch. Anyone know of a more reasonable source for
>>this material? Methinks it would be ideal for DIY shop built
>>machines. Heavy, stable, slick, and tough.
>
>My understanding is that it's not laminated to the ply, it's actually
>formed with the ply itself so it's really bonded in there. I used it
>for my router table top.
>
>
>-Leuf
That's what I thought. I even looked up phenolic material at
McMaster's (for another project) and thought about buying 1/32" sheets
and bonding it myself. I have quite a bit of experience epoxying, but
McMaster doesn't have any great deals on it. I'm actually kinda
surprised, usually they are quite reasonable on raw materials. Since
this is similar to the materials used in circuit boards (I'm aware
that there are beaucoup many kinds of phenolic) then somebody makes
this stuff by the acre. Just wondering if there were any obvious
great deals out there that I'm missing.
I had to replace a burned circuit board in a high voltage piece of
equipment at work. I custom made the board out of G-10 1/2" thick by
about a foot square. Nice stuff, but it's priced like it's made out
of gold.
Bob the Tomato
On Mon, 07 May 2007 07:31:05 -0500, Seeker <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Bob the Tomato wrote:
>> I have seen the green "Colorfin" phenolic faced plywood at the local
>> Woodcraft in Portland. I am impressed. I am also impressed at the
>> price... it's basically thin green phenolic, probably epoxied onto the
>> face of 13 ply birch. Anyone know of a more reasonable source for
>> this material? Methinks it would be ideal for DIY shop built
>> machines. Heavy, stable, slick, and tough.
>>
>> Is the material used for concrete forms comparable? I know it can be
>> had for around $50 a sheet but it is probably not as nice...?
>>
>> Bob the Tomato
>
>I understand according to WoodPeckers.com that concrete forming is
>exactly what it is used for and where may I ask did you find it for that
>price? I would like to buy sheets at that price. Please respond to me
>thru email I may not return to this thread.
> D. Vogel
Sorry, I don't have access to email thru this server...
Description from the website...
Manufacturer:
C & H CONCRETE SPECIALTS
Description:
PHENOLIC SURFACE PLYWOOD 3/4"X4'X8' - Cuts and fastens just like
ordinary plywood. 11 ply for amazing strength and durability with
exterior glue for added strength. Phenolic coating on both sides! High
multiple re-use! High scuff and abrasion resistance of Phenolic Ply
which means that panels last longer in all applications. Features:
Abrasion Resistant, Super Long Life, Chemically Resistant, Little or
No Form Release Needed.
http://www.whitecapdirect.com/store/worker?request=GetProduct&productID=505PSF&destination=%2Fstore%2Fproduct-v2.0.jsp
No affiliation, etc...
They have a location nearby... I will have to stop and check it out.
From the photo on the website, hopefully it's not just MDO, that's not
what I'm looking for.
$50.91 a sheet. I imagine you wouldn't want to ship this. (Although
if there was a demand and I could make a few bucks, I could cut it up
into quarter sheets and ship it...)
It doesn't have the same sexy green color as the small piece you get
at Woodcraft, but it's 1/3 the price. If it's the same stuff, it
appears to be a deal. Anyone know of a cheaper source?
Bob the Tomato
Woodpeckers has it on sale right now...
http://www.woodpeck.com/fbplywood.html
Bob the Tomato wrote:
> I have seen the green "Colorfin" phenolic faced plywood at the local
> Woodcraft in Portland. I am impressed. I am also impressed at the
> price... it's basically thin green phenolic, probably epoxied onto the
> face of 13 ply birch. Anyone know of a more reasonable source for
> this material? Methinks it would be ideal for DIY shop built
> machines. Heavy, stable, slick, and tough.
>
> Is the material used for concrete forms comparable? I know it can be
> had for around $50 a sheet but it is probably not as nice...?
>
> Bob the Tomato