Old Schon ferrule

JoeyInCali

JoeyInCali

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Am installing it on my own shaft.
After removing the old one and tried fitting in the Schon ferrule ( old one a 3/16 long 5/16 shoulder and .280 with 18tpi thread less bullet for thread clearance ) I was shocked the Schon ferrule did not even get close to bottoming out.
The cap was close to 3/8th thick. Was this the secret to the old Schon hit?
The deflection police now would have fits.
I bottom end-milled it ( .250 four flute ) so I can get around 3/4 tenon up there and leave the cap around 1/4 thick.
Also the Schon ferrule had a very short shoulder hole at the bottom. I bottom endmilled it 5/16 by about 3/16 deep.
The bleed hole is dead nuts center when I screw it on .
Will glue tonite and hopefully test this soon.
 

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I have some old micarta (maybe 15 years) and it's just about that color. Not terribly yellow, so I wonder.... What's the difference between this and 'old yellow micarta'?
 
dchristal said:
I have some old micarta (maybe 15 years) and it's just about that color. Not terribly yellow, so I wonder.... What's the difference between this and 'old yellow micarta'?
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The 'old yellow' Micarta, was white when it was new - is white
when you first cut it.

The much sought after ferrule material was made by Westinghouse
untill 1976. There has not been an ounce of it produced since.

Westinghouse used 'Micarta' as a trade name for all its plastics.
Many looked similar to the one that Schon and Southwest used
for ferrulles.

The name Micarta has been used by the corporations that have,
over the years, purchased the business once owned by Westinghouse.

Norplex(?) I believe, currently owns it, and is producing plastics
marketed under the name Micarta

None of them are the same as the 'original'.

Dale
 
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