Phenolic Board?

[Dave R]

I'm trying to source a small quantity of 3/4" glass-filled phenolic board. A google search didn't help much but maybe I'm using the wrong search terms. Does anyone know of a good source?

Thanks.

Dave

[Cuyahoga Chuck]

I'm trying to source a small quantity of 3/4" glass-filled phenolic board. A google search didn't help much but maybe I'm using the wrong search terms. Does anyone know of a good source?

Thanks.

Dave

That sounds like a product called "MICARTA". I haven't used any in decades so something better may have come around . And I'm not certain of the spelling. The stuff I was familiar was used as an insulator in electric devices.
Good luck.

[Dave R]

Yeah, that's the stuff. I was looking for some to back up new through hulls on a glass boat but came up with another idea since I'm having a difficult time finding the stuff. I'm going to use up some scraps of fiberglass cloth and some epoxy left over over from the last boat project and make my own rot-proof backers.

Thanks.

[windmill4048]

Try McMaster Carr. They have a very broad product line and I often find otherwise unobtainable stuff in their catalog.

[MiddleAgesMan]

Old fashioned laminated countertops are covered with phenolic material over-coated with melamine or a melamine-like material for the color or pattern. At 1/32 to 1/16 inch thick this material doesn't come close to what you said you need (3/4 inch) but mulitple layers could be used to build whatever thickness you need. Are you looking for 3/4 inch of solid phenolic or was the board you are thinking of a sandwich of two outer layers of phenolic with some sort of core?

[soba]

Micarta is a resin-filled paper...mostly used in the knife-making industry now, for scales.

Alpha Aesar in Ontario used to stock Micarta in machining thicknesses...

But phenolic resin washers are available from Goodall Rubber here in town. Biggest ones are about three sixteenths thick and 4 inches across...up to two inch ID, I think. Aren't they used as electrical isolators?

[JimConlin]

Try McMaster Carr. They have a very broad product line and I often find otherwise unobtainable stuff in their catalog.

At McMaster-Carr, search for Garolite. It comes in a number of varieties, There are phenolic-linen (like tufnol) and phenolic-paper materials(like micarta), as well as glass-epoxy (G-10)

[Mrleft8]

Try Current Inc. They have a website www.currentcomposites.com They make the stuff, and have a "boneyard". I know the owners, very nice guys. If you can't get what you need, just tell me and I'll go get it for you.
BTW, the owners are avid sailors and racers of sailboats, so if you tell them what you need it for, they'll probably find what you need in the boneyard and send it to you for shipping costs.

[Dave R]

Thank you all for the leads. McMaster-Carr I should have thought of. Unfortunately they're a bit steep for the minimum that they list in their catalog.

MrLeft8, I appreciate your offer and I'll let you know. If they have some little scraps about 6 or 7" or so, that would do me. I hate for you to go to any trouble though.

[G. Schollmeier]

Dave,
The material we use like that is called G10. Remember when cutting materials like this protect you eyes and lungs. If you get these fibers in you they will not go away.
Gary

[Mrleft8]

6" or 7" scraps don't even make it to the boneyard... that's dumpster bait. I talked with the owner of Current yesterday, and mentioned what you were looking for, and he said: "No problem. 3/4" is probably over-kill, but have him give me a call, and I'll find what ever he needs." So, PM me and I'll give you his name etc. or you can just go to the Website and contact him through there...