Quote Originally Posted by DrStein99 View Post
After milling with it for some time, I liked the way it was so straight, and rigid. My home-made cnc machine became destroyed, because it was originally made from MDF and the water-soluable oil penetrated it and destroyed it.

I recently rebuilt my cnc machine frame using 5/8 Phenolic. It appears sturdy, straight, rigid, and am pretty psyched to get it back together again.

I was wondering if anyone had experience with this stuff, and know if there is anything I need to avoid it around or whatever, because it feels indestructible to me and I dont want to ruin all this work to find out that wd-40 will disindigrate it, or something common like motor oil.
My current machine is made of 1" phenolic, paper based. I do have some 1-1/4" micarta that I will use to rebuild some parts... machine is here:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/diy-cn...nother-16.html