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   flairwoodworks | Apr 01, 2008 03:19am | #1

   Harry,

   If I'm not mistaken, phenolic is off the market.  I don't recall why.  You can still buy baseplates made of phenolic though.

   Chris @ flairwoodworks

    - Success is not the key to happines.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   harrycu | Apr 01, 2008 03:30am | #2

   Well...I found places on the internet where I could buy 4'X8" sheets of it in just about any thickness I desired, but no pieces small enough for a router table.

   No matter, though, I found one at Amazon they call an insert blank. The center hole is predrilled at 3.6" I think but the mounting holes will have to be drilled. This insert usually sells for 30 bucks and it was on sale for $11 and change.

   Thanks,Harry

    

   Following the path of least resistance makes rivers and men crooked.

   Edited 3/31/2008 8:34 pm by harrycu

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   flairwoodworks | Apr 01, 2008 03:33am | #3

   I know that Veritas sells a phenolic baseplate/table insert.  05J2501.Chris @ flairwoodworks

    - Success is not the key to happines.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

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   doorboy | Apr 02, 2008 05:15pm | #9

   Call a local toilet partition guy. There's probably some scraps laying around."How do you spell illiterate?"

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   saschafer | Apr 02, 2008 05:17pm | #10

   Those are usually polyethylene or polypropylene, not phenolic.

   -Steve

    

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   Jfrostjr | Apr 01, 2008 04:20pm | #4

   Check out Woodpeckers (http://www.woodpeck.com).

   Frosty

   "I sometimes think we consider the good fortune of the early bird and overlook the bad fortune of the early worm." FDR - 1922

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   harrycu | Apr 01, 2008 06:06pm | #5

   All I found at Woodpeckers' is the inserts.

   Thanks,Harry

    Following the path of least resistance makes rivers and men crooked.

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   [email protected] | Apr 01, 2008 10:22pm | #6

   Ebay.  

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   harrycu | Apr 01, 2008 11:48pm | #7

   Thanks, hadn't thought of that...

   Harry

    Following the path of least resistance makes rivers and men crooked.

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   JohnWW | Apr 02, 2008 01:09am | #8

   Phenolic resin is a glue that when impregnated into a fabric or paper creates a very tough slick and stable material. Formica and melamine are phenolic based materials. What you are actually looking for is something like a plywood with a laminate surface on it or a sheet material made up of layers of fabric or paper bonded by the resin.

   For the sheet material form go to mscdirect.com, they're a machinists supply house and have pages of laminates to choose from. They are an excellent company to deal with and deliver very quickly.

   John White