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Author:  alan stassforth [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:35 am ]
Post subject:  CORIAN NUTS?
So, I'm reading the bone source thread,
and have problems getting tall bone nuts for lap steels,
(they have taller ones!),
and keep looking at the bones my dogs have cleaned up for me.
Then today I took a piece of scrap corian I've had for a while and milled up some stock for nuts.
Any input on the tonal aspects?
Or, should I start making "dog" bone nuts?
The corian doesn't look too bad..........
vizually................
Author:  Jim Watts [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: CORIAN NUTS?
I recently put one on a build and it seemed to work well enough. The customer request a non-bone nut and corian seemed like a reasonable alternative to me. I'll stick with bone unless otherwise requested though.
Author:  Stuart Gort [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: CORIAN NUTS?
Corian makes a good nut. I can't compare it to bone tonally but I can't discern anything particularly wrong or unnatural about the tone. It certainly machines and sands nicely...having a consistency much like bone It cuts cleanly with a thin bi-metal blade. It comes in a lot of different off-white colors too. Don't get pure white though. That does stick out as unnatural...so that's a consideration.

One can get a lifetime supply of Corian almost free.....so that's a consideration too :) My local guy gave me a half a dozen sample tiles measuring about 5" x 5". Of course, they are all pure white...and useless. But he said he'd sell me a box for $25. I can't remeber how many tiles that was but it constituted a lifetime supply of nuts. I think I made sixteen nuts out of one tile. :)
Author:  Clay S. [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CORIAN NUTS?
Some of the Corian colors are softer and more brittle than others."Cameo" white is a little less glaring than "glacier" white, and then there is also "bone", which is a bit more tan. Corian works more easily than real bone, but is not as durable. It is probably not as durable as "TUSQ", which would be another choice for a synthetic material.
I do have a few lifetimes supply of corian if I used it exclusively for nuts and saddles, but I would rather cheat the dogs out of a few chew toys for my better instruments. I think bone and the various legal ivories are a better choice for nut material.
Author:  David Malicky [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CORIAN NUTS?
I've not tried it for nuts, but it works pretty well for saddles. It has a tendency to chip or dent if a string rides on a too-sharp corner. I use "Vanilla" as an off-white. Samples of 2x2, 4x4, or 10x10 (about 1/2" thick) from here:
http://www2.dupont.com/Surfaces/en_US/p ... =undefined
Author:  John Arnold [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CORIAN NUTS?
Quote:
Either way, plenty of people use the stuff ...

Including Martin. All my supply has been free.....cutoffs from the countertop fabricators. The usual scrap is 1/2" by 3/4"-7/8" by 25" long.
Regarding bone, my main supply has been dog bones (cow shin bones) for the last 20 years or so.
Author:  Stuart Gort [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CORIAN NUTS?
Filippo Morelli wrote:
Stuart, you may be the only person you're fooling. Lifetime supply? For you? With the setup you've been putting together you may soon be able to hit escape velocity for boutique production! Now where's the sales team?


PM me your phone # and I'll call you when I'm ready.

You could talk the peel off a banana! :)
Author:  Bob Garrish [ Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CORIAN NUTS?
Zlurgh wrote:
Filippo Morelli wrote:
Now where's the sales team?


PM me your phone # and I'll call you when I'm ready.

You could talk the peel off a banana! :)


It's easy if you're a good dancer and you buy the banana dinner first. :)

http://www.coriansamples.com is the place to go for small bits of Corian. So far as I can tell, being run by DuPont, they have every available colour and a 4"x4" piece which'll net you a lot of nuts is $2. I haven't had the chance to try them out yet, but I got some samples that are pretty much dead ringers for polished bone many moons ago.
Author:  alan stassforth [ Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CORIAN NUTS?
Thanks all.
I'll give it a try.
Oh, by the way,
and I'm not kidding here,
try peeling a banana from the bottom
It's much easier.
Chimps do it that way.
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