[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by wasyoungonce

Was tooling around the Internet and saw this place selling Ebony Star strips:

http://www.scopestuff.com/ss_lexx.htm

Don't know if this is a good buy or not but thought I'd mention it.

I also saw a lead to this supplier:-

http://www.inspirationtoolworks.com/astronomy/1001/

He says:-

"These are pre-cut strips of Ebony Star Formica, but they have been thinned to to be more flexible. Normally, formica is .045"-.050" thick. I reduce that to .020"-.025". This allows them to be cemented to a bearing as small as 3" in diameter."

And I think the Bintel dob bearing must be not much more than 4" in diameter. He's out of stock and not answering email just at the moment, but says he'll be back in touch soon. Scopestuff's formica is said to be 0.045" thick - more for the larger diameter of a rocker box bearing, I would think.