Lame' Materials

[schlager7]

A contributor on our Gulf Coast forum tossed out a lively set of questions involving places dealing in possible alternate types of materials for lames.

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Does anybody know if lames can be made out of any of theses materials.

http://www.blockemf.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=762

http://www.interferencetechnology.co...ts/results_146

http://www.zippertubing.com/prod_shields_zcloth.asp


http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/Conductive_Fabric.html

At first we got dead silence on responses, so I solicited responses from some folks here and elsewhere. I got the board's moderator to step in. Then I got a PM from Purple Fencer, and email from Dan DeChaine and a posts by yeoldearmorer and Swordmaster.

All in all it generated some interesting head scratching. I don't know how useful these fabrics will ever be, but it was interesting that some folks are looking outside the box.

[Rick Shellhouse]

One word


Resistence



ok two words

MUCHO RESISTENCE


R

[brtech]

More than one or two words:

You need material with less than an ohm per square. That is a very low resistance. The materials you mentioned are designed for static dissapation or RFI/EMI shielding, both of which don't need that low resistance.

Another problem is abrasion resistance. Lame's get a fair amount of abuse, need to be washed, etc. Most of the uses for the materials cited are less abusive.

[noodle]

http://www.lessemf.com/fabric.html

lots of low resistance materials.

[Monash_Armourer]

Originally Posted by noodle

http://www.lessemf.com/fabric.html

lots of low resistance materials.

"Lessemf.com - For all your Tin Foil Hat needs."

Seriously... I'm not seeing many materials that are suitable for use on tha page as lame cloth, maybe the stainless steel mesh shileding fabric (looks similar to lame material for one...), the shield it super stuff and the zelt fabric, but the products specs they put up aren't the most revealing, perhaps email and request more info?

What you'd realy need to look at whether it would put up with the abuse, sweat, washing or potential lack of care at all that it'd be likely to receive from whom ever you supply it to.

Most importantly how much is it going to cost? Can you make it competitive? Without knowing how wide their rolls of fabric are, prices look a bit steep, you'd want to look around a bit more and see if you can find their suppliers if you really wanted to push this beyond an idea. Best of luck to you if you do.