UHMW mystery

[Wilsons]

Have you an address for Lee Valley Tools?

Wally Wilson, RPT
Ravenswood, WV

At 10:55 PM 3/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Terry queried:
>> Hi Stephen. Thanks for all the glue info. But what is UHMW?
>> 
>Ha ha. Top secret material here. Actually it's UltraHighMolecularWeight 
>material, an inert, very low friction plastic material that is very handy 
>for various shop purposes, like low friction table saw jigs etc. You can 
>buy it in hunks (e.g. LEe Valley Tools sells it) and cut it up with a 
>bandsaw or hacksaw. It's used by commercial manufacturers of jigs too. In 
>the case of making a ledge for the rim of the mason jar to sit on in the 
>glue pot, it's easy to cut, inert, unafected by moisture and hot water, 
>and, being plastic, easy enuf to screw into to secure it from outside the 
>percoloator glue pot. Very cheap too.
>
>It's encouraging to see some of the imaginative ideas for glue pots that 
>are cropping up. This is one case where ingenuity and pragmatism produces 
>something far superior to the expensive commercial product.
>
>Stephen
>
>Stephen Birkett Fortepianos
>Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos
>464 Winchester Drive
>Waterloo, Ontario
>Canada N2T 1K5
>tel: 519-885-2228
>mailto: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca
>