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Easy-to-Machine Garolite LE Rectangular Tubes
- Color: Brown
- Max. Temperature: 235° F
- Tensile Strength: 6,000-15,300 psi (Good)
- Impact Strength: 1-1.25 ft.-lb./in. (Poor)
- Hardness: Rockwell M105
- For Use Outdoors: Yes
Easily turn these rectangular tubes into parts for transformers and switchgears using high-speed tooling. Made with cotton fabric reinforcement, they’re also good for crafting intricate items—from fine-tooth gears to control boards. Though easier to machine, these tubes are not as strong as those with glass cloth or paper reinforcement. Garolite LE is also called industrial laminate and phenolic.
For technical drawings and 3-D models, click on a part number.
Outside | Inside | 3 ft. Lg. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | Width Tolerance | Height | Height Tolerance | Width | Height | Each | |
1/16" Wall Thick. (-0.03" to 0.03") | |||||||
| 3/8" | -0.015" to 0.015" | 3/8" | -0.015" to 0.015" | 1/4" | 1/4" | 0000000 | 0000000 |
| 1/2" | -0.015" to 0.015" | 1/2" | -0.015" to 0.015" | 3/8" | 3/8" | 0000000 | 000000 |
1/8" Wall Thick. (-0.03" to 0.03") | |||||||
| 3/4" | -0.015" to 0.015" | 3/4" | -0.015" to 0.015" | 1/2" | 1/2" | 0000000 | 000000 |
Easy-to-Machine Garolite LE Sheets and Strips
- Color: Brown
- Max. Temperature: 235° F
- Tensile Strength: 6,000-15,300 psi (Good)
- Impact Strength: 0.8-1.25 ft.-lbs/in. (Poor)
- Hardness: Rockwell M100 (Extra Hard)
- For Use Outdoors: No
- Specifications Met:
MIL-I-24768/13 and UL 94 HB, except 1/32" thick sheets only meet MIL-I-24768/13
Using nothing more than standard high-speed steel tooling, these Garolite LE sheets and strips can be machined into intricate parts. Garolite LE is made of a phenolic resin with a fine-weave linen fabric reinforcement. It is sometimes referred to as industrial laminate, phenolic, and Bakelite.
For technical drawings and 3-D models, click on a part number.
6" × 6" | 12" × 12" | 24" × 24" | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thick. | Thick. Tolerance | Each | Each | Each | |||
| 1/32" | -0.005" to 0.005" | 000000 | 00 | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
| 1/16" | -0.006" to 0.006" | 000000 | 00 | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 00000 |
| 1/8" | -0.007" to 0.007" | 0000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
| 3/16" | -0.009" to 0.009" | 0000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
| 1/4" | -0.012" to 0.012" | 0000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
| 5/16" | -0.015" to 0.015" | 0000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
| 3/8" | -0.017" to 0.017" | 0000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
| 1/2" | -0.021" to 0.021" | 0000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
| 3/4" | -0.027" to 0.027" | 0000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
| 1" | -0.065" to 0.065" | 0000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |
| 1 1/4" | -0.069" to 0.069" | 0000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 | 000000 | 00 |
| 1 1/2" | -0.082" to 0.082" | 0000000 | 00000 | 00000000 | 000000 | 00000000 | 000000 |