Maybe you or your company should consider selling phenolic scraps on
ebay or something. Seems to be a good market there for similar materials
in small and medium sizes. Of course I'd be happy to talk to you about
that if you want to email me personally. (g) I would also be interested
in trying it in the laser engraver as long as there are no PVCs or
similar compounds in it. The really thin sheet might make interesting
'signature' medallions for embedding in woodworking projects. It might
also make interesting business cards, but .090 is a little thick for that.

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Anyone ever try it on a woodworking lathe with hand heald tools? We do
it on metal working lathes at work. We toss TONS of scrap laminate
that would be good for small projects.
Scott


This is a link to the place that I work www.ilnorplex.com It will
help give you an idea of what I am talking about. We make phenolic
laminate (layers of paper saturated with phenolic resin) An example
that you may be familiar with would be the phenolic plate used in
router tables. We also use cotton cloth, glass cloth, carbon fiber
and a few other plastics as substrates. The two main resins are
Phenolic and Epoxy. We make 48"*120" sheets anywhere from .090 to
over 12" in thickness. I can get all of the scrap jig material that I
need, I was just wondering if anyone ever tried it for turning.
http://www.woodshopdemos.com/smr-rob-1.htm Here is a picture of
phenolic laminate.
Scott