Delrin Rod

[sholo]

Looking to find a place (Ottawa area) to purchase Delrin rod - 1/4" - 1" diameter.

Thanks,
Todd

[rsterne]

Fastenal....

Bob

[sholo]

Holy Christ, I'm dumb as a stump at times! I never even thought to check there...

Pretty bad when a guy on the other side of Canada has to direct me to a store 60 miles from home!

Thanks, Bob!

[rsterne]

I wish I had a Fastenal only 60 miles away.... Try 2.5 hours - each way....

Bob

[rsterne]

X2 on the Teflon rod for transfer ports.... softer than Delrin and therefore seals easier.... Since you're drilling a relatively small hole in a 1/4" OD rod, you won't need a lathe to do that as it won't matter if it's not perfectly straight or centered.... Cutting the ends square (assuming where the port seals is square) and to the correct length will be the hard part.... Spin it in a drill press and use a sanding block or file?....

Bob

[AirGunEric]

Can't speak for the Fastenal in the West end of Ottawa, but whom I presume to be the "manager" of the East end location (Industrial) is not cool in my opinion (apparently customers are expected to pay for their mistakes).

That being said, there are piles of plastics places around Ottawa, Laird Platics, another big one on Industrial Avenue (they distribute to the other guys- i.e. Fastenal, Laird and such).

[Gippeto]

Got mine from Johnston Plastics. Not sure about the others, but the one in Edmonton sells stuff 1" and up by the foot...the rest is by the length. 1/2" white Acetal was 1.05/ft in a 10' length....I'm set for life.

http://www.johnstonplastics.com/

[sholo]

1/2" white Acetal was 1.05/ft in a 10' length....I'm set for life.

$1.05/ft? Geez - they're not local, but I might have to check them out in Montreal when we go to the Nascar race later this summer. Fastenal here is $3.69/ft for the same thing! Thanks for the link!

@ Eric: Thanks for the heads up regarding the "management" in the east end. Laird was one place I was planning on looking into, although they don't list any prices on their site. Have to pick up a ball hone at Acklunds-Grainger anyways, so I will check them out while I'm in the area...then may as well go down the street to Princess Auto...then across the street to Busy Bee...Better make a list!

@ Bob: Ya, 5hrs round trip kinda takes the fun out of it, eh? Hope your not going uphill both ways!

[pabirdman]

Can anyone tell me what would be good to make the hard plastic valve stem seal like in the crosman 38`s?

[Fastair]

Where Bob lives it is up hill both ways.