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plastic for extruder dies ( again )

updated wed 24 apr 02

 

Jeff Seefeldt on tue 23 apr 02


I found some good plastic CHEAP last month. Cutting boards at IKEA the=
y
were $2 each and I got 6 4" circles out of one cutting board. It cut
really nice with a band saw, drilled easy, I even sanded the edges on the
belt sander to get it just the right size and it didn't gum up the belt. =
I
used a small butane torch and smoothed the edges.

Robyn ( my fianc=E9e ) didn't believe me when I told her that I had cut u=
p the
cutting board, she was planning to use it in the kitchen. She doesn't kn=
ow
that I went back to IKEA last week on a trip to Chicago to get clay and
bought 6 more cutting boards, this is my pottery stash, and are not to be
used in the kitchen!!

jeff