Can anyone tell me what this is please.

[Hudson Carpentry]

It seems to be a plastic of some sort. I got it as it looked perfect for my router table top.

Its some form of plastic.

What is it?

Can I cut it with a TS, SCMS and router?
If not what can I cut it with other then a jig saw?

 

[adidat]

maybe paxolin :duno:

which is layers of cotton compressed and soaked in resin. very good stuff, im pretty sure my dad has used his cnc router on it.

adidat

 

[mn pete]

I'm stumped. I don't think I've ever seen sheet goods like that before.

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

Its very heavy, sturdy and flat. Probably don't help.

I may try cutting a small piece with the scms and see what its like.

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

This is what it looks like when cut with a SCMS. It smells horrid and gets in your throat. The saw struggled to cut it so I bet I need a special blade for it.

Its very smooth.

 

[speed]

looks like the same plastic that router jigs are made from, high pressure laminate iirc its called, you can get the same stuff for toilet cubicles which ive fitted a few times

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

I bet its just that speed. The company I got it from did a few commercial toilet cubical jobs.

Will an Ali cutting blade cut it or is there something even better?

 

[speed]

we got all the parts pre cut and only used a hss jigsaw blades to cut round pipes so have no real experiance of cutting a "good edge" but im sure you can get blades to cut it like a corian/ solid surface blade in the table saw,

i assume they will rout ok as ive seen another joiner route half of a worktop jig by accident also we get rounded edge panels for the cubicles

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

Thank you!

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

http://www.needsplastics.co.uk/page3604 ... inate.aspx
http://cubiclesanddoors.rtrk.co.uk/?sci ... 7025382450

Solid grade laminate is what there calling it.

 

[xy mosian]

I used to know it as SRBF, Silicon Resin Bonded Fibre. You reminded me when you mentioned the smell. It has a very hard surface, the core isn't much softer, and will blunt almost everything you cut it with. If you can, use metal working tools. Watch out for any flakes as they have a sharp edge. Great stuff for jigs and table surfaces as it cleans well, is stable, and is naturally quite slippery. Out of interest you might like to know that it will take a course thread, maybe not to carry weight, but certainly for positioning.
There is a variant called SRBP, Paper instead of Fabric. To all intents and purposes that stuff is very like the core of true Formica.

HTH xy.

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

So blades that will cut aluminum? Maybe cheap ones or resharpenable ones?

 

[xy mosian]

I never had close encounters with cutting loads of the stuff and, as the business had in-house blade sharpening, I suppose fairly standard tungsten carbide tipped blades were used. Whenever I needed to modify a pre-cut piece, for a jig or some such, I used a metal cutting blade in a jigsaw and finished with a good file. Lots of horrible brown dust, but you will already have come across that.

In the end it's down to cost, of course. If you have a lot to cut it may be worth having a word with specialist for blade advice. Otherwise I would go with the least cost option. But you know all this of course.

Good stuff generally but tricky to work in a woody environment.

xy

 

[Harbo]

I use the stuff to make cheaters for my clock making. It cuts fine with a hacksaw, drills etc and these cut outs below I did on my lathe.
It smells a bit but other than that no problems.
It comes in various grades - I buy mine from Direct Plastics whose web page gives more info.

Rod

 

[Cegidfa]

A word of warning.
If it is a Paxolin type of material, beware of getting it too hot.
It gives off Phosgene - Mustard Gas. Well, it used to.
H & S have probably forced it to be modified by now.
I used to use it when constructing electrical control panels.

Regards...Dick.