Old Material found

FLYINGSNAIL

FLYINGSNAIL

Koo Cues
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This what I found on Craigslist garage sale. I think I know what I have found :thumbup: that is the only piece there.
P.S. Westinghouse Micarta

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looks like some awesome joint material......:grin-square:
 
Turn a small piece of it and if you are familar with the smell it makes you will know for sure then.
 
billiardbum said:
The real question is... How many of us went to craigslist and typed in micarta LOL....
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I did, got back zilch. I think I am going to start following Kenny around and race into any doors he heads to.

I however think that stuff was man made and did not come from the Tusk of a Mamoth Wilder beast.
 
Doesn't quite look like the 30-40 yr old slabs of Micarta I've personally seen. Looks "grainy". Maybe its the picture quality.
 
gutshot said:
Doesn't quite look like the 30-40 yr old slabs of Micarta I've personally seen. Looks "grainy". Maybe its the picture quality.
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It is not the material used in cues. If it were it would be very dark yellow by now.

Westinghouse made many different industrial plastics under the name "Micarta"

Dale
 
Exposure to light (UV), it will turn darker. Some sheets I've seen used in cuemaking are still milky white after almost 40 years because they have not been exposed to UV.

Yes, Westinghouse made a ton of different plastics under the Micarta name.

pdcue said:
It is not the material used in cues. If it were it would be very dark yellow by now.

Westinghouse made many different industrial plastics under the name "Micarta"

Dale
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gutshot said:
Exposure to light (UV), it will turn darker. Some sheets I've seen used in cuemaking are still milky white after almost 40 years because they have not been exposed to UV.

Yes, Westinghouse made a ton of different plastics under the Micarta name.
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Perhaps I should have added "the original ferrule Micarta". Once that was no longer
available many other types of micarta that looked similar were employed, as well as
similar plastics from other manufacturers. All of the later substitutes I have ever seen or
hear tell of were phenolics.

Dale
 
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