Looking for maybe a 3x3 chunk. Ms3 has recently come in to my possession and it is missing a few things, including a shift knov. Thinking about lathing my own.
Looking for maybe a 3x3 chunk. Ms3 has recently come in to my possession and it is missing a few things, including a shift knov. Thinking about lathing my own.
How much do you want to spend. Fordite is expensive in big pieces like that. Like 1-2$ a gram and more expensive the bigger it gets.
Tons of other options with a similar look
https://www.woodacrylicsupply.com/products/super-strata-inlace-acrylester-short-blank-3-4-x-2-7-8
That sounds really cool. How well does it stand up to hand oils would be my concern
OK, I'll bite.... What is Fordite?
NOHOME said:OK, I'll bite.... What is Fordite?
If I remember right it's what they call hundreds of thousands of layers of paint that build up overtime in the paint sections of assembly lines like Ford runs. Eventually it gets thick enough that it's almost rock-like, so it got given a rock like name
A similar material you might be interested in is stacked & glued skateboard deck wood.
In reply to TheTallOne17 :
I love how every day the world gets just a little bit weirder.
Its really cool stuff. People go to old factories occasionally and find it. Gets polished and turned into jewelry. A lot of the resin pour stuff came out of working with this because the cost was just so high and the sizes so small.
Really neat idea, but for a shift knob, I would want some good hard clearcoat on it. Real Fordite has lead in it. Should be careful machining it too. But maybe I'm just paranoid.
is there anything like "Earl Schieb" fordite , or something like that from high volume painters ?
Cool! Man-made geodes!
So, what are the relative merits of Fordite vs. Chevyite? 
In reply to GameboyRMH :
Colored pencils kinda give the same vibe too
In reply to 1988RedT2 :
Fordite's other common name is Detroit Agate, since it can really come from any old automotive manufacturer's factory floor. So what some call Fordite might secretly be Chevyite!
Nicole Suddard said:In reply to 1988RedT2 :
Fordite's other common name is Detroit Agate, since it can really come from any old automotive manufacturer's factory floor. So what some call Fordite might secretly be Chevyite!
How positively scandalous!
The main difference between fordite and chevite is the chevite runs.
Did I miss a canoe? How'd this come back?
In reply to Mndsm :
Yes, it was a canoe that brought it back.
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