Re: MOGLICE in my Comet

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Ron Ginger <ginger@s...> wrote:

> Matt Shaver wrote:
> >
> > > From: Tim Goldstein <timg@k...>
> > > I have gotten some of the equivalent material from Philadelphia

Resins. It

> > > appears to just be a high quality epoxy with a filling of

powdered

> > graphite.
> > > I have not had the opportunity to experiment, but I did pick up

a small tub

> > > of powdered graphite from McMaster Carr and have some high

quality

> > > laminating resin on hand. Plan to see if I can get decent

results from a

> > > home brewed mix.
> >
> > If it's a black powder, it might be Molybdenum Disulfide. If

you're inclined

> > to experiment, I'll send you some MD powder I got years ago from

BelRay

> > Lubricants as a sample. It's a finely divided powder, so it

should
mix well

> > with epoxy.
>
> I recently made Sherline nuts using the Philadelphia Resins

product.
Its

> label does say it contains graphite. The screws work very well,

although

> I do not have many hours on them yet. I wrote a note on how I made

them

> and the results, which I think I poisted tothe Sherline @egroups.com
> list.
>
> I arranged for a sles engineer from Moglice to speak at our ME

club.
He

> said moglice used Molybdenum Disulfide. I would have ordered Moglice
> instead of the Philadelphia Resins except the PA was cheaper.
>
> I would like to try some Molybdenum Disulfide mixed into WEST

epoxy.
I

> intend to make nuts for my Grizzley as soon as I get a day in the

shop.

>
> ron

Sounds like a fearsome thing you're contemplating, Ron!
Jerry