Masonite?

[WD Milner]

At 2006-04-13 Thursday 21:52 -0700, you wrote:

>Does any one remember a non conductive material that had a shiny brown 
>surface, came in various thickness, and was used a lot for 
>breadboarding.   I thought it was called high density masonite.  Do I have 
>the correct name for it?  Is it still available and if so where?

Sounds much like a thermosetting plastic called "bakelite". Very light 
weight and strong but can get brittle. Another possibility is some form of 
phenolic.

73 de
Dean Milner,  VE1CBF
http://www.ve1cbf.ca

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