Modding What kind of plastic is that?

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  1. phinix

    phinix RIP Waynio...

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    Guys, do you know what kind of plastic is that?
    I'm looking for non-shiny black plastic, kinda matt, satin black, not shiny like acrylic.

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  2. THP Dan

    THP Dan What's a Dremel?

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    POM (Acetal) should work :)
     
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  3. jhanlon303

    jhanlon303 The Keeper of History

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    Looks like Delrin to me. Easily machinable, widely available in many thicknesses and colour consistent throughout. Google Delrin. Lots of black pics.

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  4. phinix

    phinix RIP Waynio...

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    Cool, thanks guys. I want to use it as top panel for my Tower.
     
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  5. Burnout21

    Burnout21 Is the daddy!

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    To be fair that component could very well be PEEK, actually it could be anything, it all depends on the tool surface finish if it was moulded, or the surface finish applied via machine tooling.

    My guess here is PEEK or POM, for your application go for POM but not the Homopolymer version, go co-polymer is a little more stable under temperature.
     
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  6. maRiio

    maRiio What's a Dremel?

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    On site four of my project log (signature) I have a few pics of a piece I made of POM.
    Only for comparison.
     
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