I would like to build cases for my power tools using light durable
material such as the cardboard-like stuff used for air travel
luggage in the 1950s. Does anyone know what that material was and
whether it is still available today from any supplier? Also is there
a source for information on how to work the material, how to make
joints, tools/adhesives to use, etc. TIA.
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Dan Cullimore <[email protected]> wrote:
>ernie mendoza <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:<[email protected]>...
>> I would like to build cases for my power tools using light durable
>> material such as the cardboard-like stuff used for air travel
>> luggage in the 1950s. Does anyone know what that material was and
>> whether it is still available today from any supplier? Also is there
>> a source for information on how to work the material, how to make
>> joints, tools/adhesives to use, etc. TIA.
>
>That material, if it's the same, is still (or was quite recently) used
>in instrument cases--musical and scientific. It looks like a thin
>version of tempered hardboard (Masonite), but I don't know that for
>sure, and I have no idea how to get hold of some. You might try a
>musical instrument shop for info on case makers and go from there.
>
>I have a tuba case made of the stuff, but haven't figured out what to
>put in it.
That's _easy_.
If you play golf (a 'walk in the park, spoiled by a little white ball'),
take the case and build a portable PA system into it. with a speech-
synthesis chip feeding the PA. A simple push-button causes it to announce,
_loudly_, the digit that precedes 'five'.
If you need 'em, I can sell you a complete set of plans for this item. It
is the _perfect_ high-tech woodworking project -- an electronic 'tuba "Fore!"'.
> It's a great case, though. The wife don't like it...It's
>kinda big, and I don't have a tuba. :) Maybe it's a coffee table? ;}
ernie mendoza wrote:
> Alan Sadler <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>> On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 22:57:12 +0100, ernie mendoza
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >I would like to build cases for my power tools using light durable
>> >material such as the cardboard-like stuff used for air travel
>> >luggage in the 1950s. Does anyone know what that material was and
>> >whether it is still available today from any supplier? Also is there
>> >a source for information on how to work the material, how to make
>> >joints, tools/adhesives to use, etc. TIA.
>>
>>
>> It was commonly called fiberboard. It was made from cotton and had to
>> be sealed or it would expand when wet. I had many cases made for me
>> at a company in New York City called: Oxford Fiber Sample case. It
>> came in different weights(thicknesses) and could bbe doubled up for
>> strength.
>>
>> Phone installers tool cases were tyuically made from fiberboard. I
>> believe these days they are plastic.
>
> Thanks for identifying the material. I can now google on the right track.
It looks a lot like pegboard material to me. I think I've seen pegboard
without the holes in the borgs before.
Alan Sadler <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 22:57:12 +0100, ernie mendoza
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I would like to build cases for my power tools using light durable
> >material such as the cardboard-like stuff used for air travel
> >luggage in the 1950s. Does anyone know what that material was and
> >whether it is still available today from any supplier? Also is there
> >a source for information on how to work the material, how to make
> >joints, tools/adhesives to use, etc. TIA.
>
>
> It was commonly called fiberboard. It was made from cotton and had to
> be sealed or it would expand when wet. I had many cases made for me
> at a company in New York City called: Oxford Fiber Sample case. It
> came in different weights(thicknesses) and could bbe doubled up for
> strength.
>
> Phone installers tool cases were tyuically made from fiberboard. I
> believe these days they are plastic.
Thanks for identifying the material. I can now google on the right track.
ernie mendoza <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I would like to build cases for my power tools using light durable
> material such as the cardboard-like stuff used for air travel
> luggage in the 1950s. Does anyone know what that material was and
> whether it is still available today from any supplier? Also is there
> a source for information on how to work the material, how to make
> joints, tools/adhesives to use, etc. TIA.
That material, if it's the same, is still (or was quite recently) used
in instrument cases--musical and scientific. It looks like a thin
version of tempered hardboard (Masonite), but I don't know that for
sure, and I have no idea how to get hold of some. You might try a
musical instrument shop for info on case makers and go from there.
I have a tuba case made of the stuff, but haven't figured out what to
put in it. It's a great case, though. The wife don't like it...It's
kinda big, and I don't have a tuba. :) Maybe it's a coffee table? ;}
Good luck, and keep us posted.
Dan
"If it's worth doing, it's worth doing twice."
ernie mendoza <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I would like to build cases for my power tools using light durable
> material such as the cardboard-like stuff used for air travel
> luggage in the 1950s. Does anyone know what that material was and
> whether it is still available today from any supplier? Also is there
> a source for information on how to work the material, how to make
> joints, tools/adhesives to use, etc. TIA.
That material, if it's the same, is still (or was quite recently) used
in instrument cases--musical and scientific. It looks like a thin
version of tempered hardboard (Masonite), but I don't know that for
sure, and I have no idea how to get hold of some. You might try a
musical instrument shop for info on case makers and go from there.
I have a tuba case made of the stuff, but haven't figured out what to
put in it. It's a great case, though. The wife don't like it...It's
kinda big, and I don't have a tuba. :) Maybe it's a coffee table? ;}
Good luck, and keep us posted.
Dan
"If it's worth doing, it's worth doing twice."
Eugene said:
>ernie mendoza wrote:
>
>> Alan Sadler <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:<[email protected]>...
>>> On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 22:57:12 +0100, ernie mendoza
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> >I would like to build cases for my power tools using light durable
>>> >material such as the cardboard-like stuff used for air travel
>>> >luggage in the 1950s. Does anyone know what that material was and
>>> >whether it is still available today from any supplier? Also is there
>>> >a source for information on how to work the material, how to make
>>> >joints, tools/adhesives to use, etc. TIA.
>>>
>>>
>>> It was commonly called fiberboard. It was made from cotton and had to
>>> be sealed or it would expand when wet. I had many cases made for me
>>> at a company in New York City called: Oxford Fiber Sample case. It
>>> came in different weights(thicknesses) and could bbe doubled up for
>>> strength.
>>>
>>> Phone installers tool cases were tyuically made from fiberboard. I
>>> believe these days they are plastic.
>>
>> Thanks for identifying the material. I can now google on the right track.
>It looks a lot like pegboard material to me. I think I've seen pegboard
>without the holes in the borgs before.
Tempered Hardboard? - Commonly available in 1/8" and 1/4" thicknesses.
Relatively cheap. I use it for shop cabinet drawer bottoms.
Don't buy the UNtempered kind...
Greg G.
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 22:57:12 +0100, ernie mendoza
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I would like to build cases for my power tools using light durable
>material such as the cardboard-like stuff used for air travel
>luggage in the 1950s. Does anyone know what that material was and
>whether it is still available today from any supplier? Also is there
>a source for information on how to work the material, how to make
>joints, tools/adhesives to use, etc. TIA.
It was commonly called fiberboard. It was made from cotton and had to
be sealed or it would expand when wet. I had many cases made for me
at a company in New York City called: Oxford Fiber Sample case. It
came in different weights(thicknesses) and could bbe doubled up for
strength.
Phone installers tool cases were tyuically made from fiberboard. I
believe these days they are plastic.
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 22:57:12 +0100, ernie mendoza
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I would like to build cases for my power tools using light durable
>material such as the cardboard-like stuff used for air travel
>luggage in the 1950s. Does anyone know what that material was and
>whether it is still available today from any supplier? Also is there
>a source for information on how to work the material, how to make
>joints, tools/adhesives to use, etc. TIA.
consider 1/4" baltic birch ply. light, strong, cheap.