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  • 3 July 2019 at 15:17 #29931
    Rik Shaw
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      3 July 2019 at 15:17 #417189
      Rik Shaw
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        @rikshaw

        Looking for a supplier of hard, tough, round plastic rod. It needs to be easily machinable, take a polish and lend itself well to being engraved. Diameters? Anything from 1" up to about 3". One 300mm'ish length of each would be more than adequate.

        If it was possible to obtain man made ivory then that might possibly be just the stuff I'm looking for. In fact, if it were ivory coloured so much the better. Does such a material exist other than in billiard balls (phenolic resin) ?

        Rik

        3 July 2019 at 15:18 #417190
        JasonB
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          GPS Agencies should have what you want in the way of manmade ivory, horn and tortoise shell

          3 July 2019 at 15:24 #417191
          Frank Gorse
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            @frankgorse

            Or google “elforin”,sorry,don’t know how to do link.

            3 July 2019 at 16:17 #417198
            Martin Kyte
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              @martinkyte99762

              or Axminster Tools

              **LINK**

              regards martin

              3 July 2019 at 18:21 #417208
              donkey
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                @donkey

                I think it was in home bargains or B and M bargains I have bought small rolling pins in plastic for about 1 or 2 pounds.they are about 220mm long and 30 mm diameter or 10 inches by 1 and 1/8 diameter for oldies. they have turned rounded ends and can also be used for rolling pastry.

                donkey

                3 July 2019 at 18:27 #417209
                Rik Shaw
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                  @rikshaw

                  Good info from all – thank you. Donkey, you appeal to the cheapskate in me. I will checkout both of those salubrious retailers toute suite.

                  Rik

                  3 July 2019 at 19:54 #417218
                  Howard Lewis
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                    @howardlewis46836

                    For smaller sizes, unjwanted knitting needles (Not many seem to be much larger than 8mm )

                    If like me you are "careful", charity shops, and car boot sales can be inexpensive sources of supply.

                    One or two, having been drilled out, are attached to repurposed liquid soap pumps, to dispense soluble oil, or cutting oil, from reused 5 Litre containers.

                    Howard

                    4 July 2019 at 12:52 #417307
                    Ian S C
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                      @iansc

                      There is a very realistic "man made ivory", when we installed a pipe organ in our Church, it was missing the ivory top of one of the stops, we got a new one made and engraved, and unless you know which stop it is you won't tell the false one. The organ was built in 1917, and had been out of use for 30 years before we got it about 20 years ago.

                      Ian S C

                      4 July 2019 at 12:58 #417308
                      John Haine
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                        @johnhaine32865

                        If you don't mind turning it round first, I think lots of people sell square Corian blanks on the Bay.

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