Hi Michael,

Thanks for the information. I'll forward it to the MMD so we can
get the record set straight. DL Bullock thought it was rubber, I
thought it was a carbon compound. Also serves to prove that two
wrongs don't make a right ;-).

Musically,
John A. Tuttle

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>
>    Just in case no one has answered your question "what is delrin" I
> thought that I would tell you. Delrin is a high impact plastic. It is
> very stable, machines easily and holds tolerances well. It is self
> lubricating like Teflon so it has many uses in machinery, especially
> in the food industry where water would affect the lubrication in a
> normal bearings. That is about it, in a nut shell Delrin is a plastic.
>
>                                      Regards
>                                 Michael Swanson
>
>