What is delrin?
Melting Slicks
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From: Wesley Chapel Fl
Delrin is a wicked hard self lubricating plastic. It is really swet stuff that can be machined easly. I have made several items out of it including table tops, saw fences, and helped with a few delrin supressors for firearms and paintball guns.
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Le Mans Master
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From: In the pit, trying to love someone.
Originally Posted by EatRice
Delrin is a wicked hard self lubricating plastic. It is really swet stuff that can be machined easly. I have made several items out of it including table tops, saw fences, and helped with a few delrin supressors for firearms and paintball guns.
I'm getting a mental picture of a hard slippery shift ****... and that sounds gross
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Le Mans Master
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From: In the pit, trying to love someone.
Originally Posted by jessem
if this post is for real and not a joke,then look over there<<<click on hardbar,go to the corvettes part when you get in there,and you'll see the delrin shift **** in the car.
Why would I post this as a joke? This is a way more worthy topic to go here than "No one waved at me today..."
Team Owner
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From: Lake Elsinore, CA
I've designed lots of components that were machined out of Delrin over the years. Awesome stuff. It's a little slik feeling but not in a bad way. You can even knurl it to make the surface extremely grippable. I designed the left and right pieces in the pic below for my wideband O2 sensor installation a few months ago. They were machined on a CNC mill.
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Drifting
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From: . Kona, HI. Orem, UT. PSL, FL
as eatrice stated. i use it in my paintball gun and it works great. as for a shift **** i say dont knock it til youve tried it. i think there was a pic of the c5r and its shifter looks like white delrin.
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Build High speed conveyor systems and we use tons of it for switches, chainguides and other things where wear is a problem. Machined easily and very durable. Can be polished too, to some extent. works great for mounting taillights flush. will be doing that soon.
