On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:48:48 -0400, Ned Simmons
wrote:

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:00:11 GMT, Ecnerwal
wrote:


And "the phenolic trademared as Micarta, of which there are many more
varieties and colors than I ever knew".

You can add epoxy/glass, silicone/glass and melamine composites to the
Micarta family, just to confound things a little more.

And Cycolac. Back when telephones had dials, some of them were made
of Cycolac. Tough stuff. I think it's a form of ABS.