Repro Brown Bakalite...?

G.T. · 02-13-2004, 03:39 PM

Hi Guys! The bottom pictured would be a product of a casting process using a liquid thermal setting resin with a catylist??... probably done along the lines of rubber mold, slurry casting like jewelers do for rings and settings and such... they just didn't use metal.. hence the reproduction of numbers, etc., in the casting... original powdered phenolic compression molded parts require pressure and heat (in a mold) to cause the thermal setting reaction in the plastic... which makes it "go off" so to speak... giving bakeolite (sp?) its shiney and perfect appearance.... nice effort, but pretty far off the mark! Don't know for sure, but this is what it looks like to me! til...lat'r....GT

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02-13-2004, 03:39 PM	#3
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	Hi Guys! The bottom pictured would be a product of a casting process using a liquid thermal setting resin with a catylist??... probably done along the lines of rubber mold, slurry casting like jewelers do for rings and settings and such... they just didn't use metal.. hence the reproduction of numbers, etc., in the casting... original powdered phenolic compression molded parts require pressure and heat (in a mold) to cause the thermal setting reaction in the plastic... which makes it "go off" so to speak... giving bakeolite (sp?) its shiney and perfect appearance.... nice effort, but pretty far off the mark! Don't know for sure, but this is what it looks like to me! til...lat'r....GT