Re: Bakelite question

Posted by HH56 On 2010/4/19 15:15:58

I don't know what it is either anymore but if ABS, then nothing like todays. This piece has no flex and a kind of a hard sharp sound when struck and as mentioned, very brittle and cracks easily.

Whatever it is, I think it might have been at least partially or completely injection molded back then because of the complexity and thin sections. To pour in a mold like I'm doing, has to be done in parts, let cure a bit and turned several ways to get filling. Doubt they would have taken the time to do that in mass production--but lots I don't know about processes so anything including machining is possible. I'll plug away at it.