Anyone know of a source of ebonite/hard rubber for reel plates (other than old bowling balls)? Thanks
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Source of ebonite for reel plates
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fishugo |
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Posts: 25 12/02/2008 11:50 |
creakycane wrote:Right now I have a one square foot of 3/8" ebonite available for shipping, with more coming in first half of 2009. If you are interested, contact me info@perfectionflyreel.com As for the bowling ball material, I beleive that is an urban myth, since the durometer hardness of ebonite used in reels needs to be 80+, while the balls are much softer and have too much bounce for fishing reels. You would likely experience spool flange rub when the fishing gets intense. You might be able to use it as a veneer over some other material. |
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fishugo |
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Posts: 26 12/02/2008 11:59 |
 This is a reel I call julius vom bocci;
it is a photo shop job with a piece of bocci ball pasted in
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Posts: 2 01/14/2009 19:08 |
Here in England ebonite is often referred to as a material belonging to the many tufnols though generally black, whereas the real USA 'hard rubber' is
a vulcanised product ie rubber and sulphur - you probably know all that. With the vulcanising all sorts of colour effects can be introduced. Its not easy to
find someone that will undertake vulcanising with sulphur, I found a firm that said 'yes' tho I wondered at their competence. Its a very basic process
though could be messy.
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