"Smokey" wrote in message
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Hello fellow glow worms...

Does anyone know of a source for very thin mica suitable for my rebuilding
trimmer pads? I've been using clear plastic but results have been
unremarkable and think if I am going to do this I should do it right.

I'm looking for some that might be arounf 0.003-inches in thickness +/- .

I'm sure this is not the best answer to the problem, but when I've
needed
a particular padder/trimmer rebuilt, I looked to other old padders/trimmers
for "new" micas. Often
the junkbox has old padders (higher capacity ones had lots of mica
dielectric sheets).
You can "make" smaller capacity trimmers by removing plates (and their
mica) from
larger capacity ones if other problems exist (like broken ceramic body)
But I'm pretty sure you may already know all this.

Old Chief Lynn.. W7LTQ