where to get screwdriver handle material

[Ian ParkinParticipant @ianparkin39383]

Whilst at school we used to make a screwdriver as a project

we warmed up the screwdriver spindle and forced it into a predrilled hole in a plastic material that was translucent yellow and sometimes it was fluted

we had turned a nice dome on the end and a finger stop groove near the blade and polished it to a high polish

Where could I get some of this material from

was it cellulose acetate butyrate? CAB

seem to remember GPO screwdrivers were made of this too

Ian

[Ian ParkinParticipant @ianparkin39383]

[Steve GarnettParticipant @stevegarnett62550]

I remember that stuff. The only place I could find where you might get it in small quantites is:

Northern Industrial Plastics Ltd

Stock Lane
Off Peel Street, Chadderton
Oldham
OL9 9EY

Small lot material and masterbatch distributor.

T : 0161 624 9479
F : 0161 678 8877

I'm sure that there are other places that could get it in though – any thermoplastics supplier ought to be able to, really.

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