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I'm not exactly sure about whether two pieces of stone would be a good idea. The stone is fantastic for the base of the press, but as I might decide to make slightly different sizes of Micarta it is...

Now that the process has been explained and illustrated from start to finish, some of you may be wondering about the economics of making your own Micarta.

Let’s tote this up, starting with the...

And at long last the epoxy is cured, the clamps have been removed and the final result is revealed. That clear plastic-looking fringe is all of the squeezed out epoxy.

What do we see? Well, for...

This is it, folks. I’ve got nine or ten clamps in place and there just isn’t room for any more on this tiny bit of real estate.

Again, go around and tighten the clamps, bit by bit. But this time...

Yet additional clamps are added.

Softly, softly is still the rule. Go for finger tight and don’t forget to evenly tighten up all of the previous clamps again.

Now start adding additional clamps.

Once again, the rule is 'not very tight' and 'very, very slowly'. Don’t crank down on these with hand power right now, instead keep thinking of just going for...

Now I start placing clamps.

The first clamp goes dead-center in the middle.

Start to tighten it only a little bit at first and only very, very, very slowly at that. Aim to get this clamp only...

And on top of that final piece of silicon treated paper I place a nice flat piece of wood to serve as the upper half of my Micarta press.

Here is that top piece of silicon treated baking paper to finish off the stack.

OK, I’ve skipped ahead to the finished lay-up. All of the cloth has been stacked up and all of the resin has been used up in the process. This means that I made a pretty good estimate on how much...

The yellow cloth is now backed up by a piece of cream colored cloth. Again, I brush in more resin until this piece of cloth, too, is completely saturated and wet looking.

Remember how I mentioned...

OK, let’s dive in and start the lay-up procedure.

I’ve poured parts A and B into a disposable container and taken the time to carefully and thoroughly mix the two together.

I brushed a few...

Now there isn’t much mystery about the actual mechanics of making Micarta. At its simplest it is resin-impregnated material which is pressed together.

There are some fancy ways of doing this...

Applying the epoxy will require a brush. Whatever brush you decide to use, it will end up as a one-time throw-away. This would suggest that a cheap brush would make the most sense. I know that some...

Cloth is much simpler to get your hands on. For me, I just went to the local sewing supplies center and purchased a few half meters of some colored, cotton cloth. But it is just as simple to grab...

Some of you may be interested in knowing exactly which epoxy I have chosen to use and why. This mix is simply called Epoxy RP 025 UV, supplied in this area by a company called Assyst, located in...

Since many of you on SRP expressed an interest in Micarta as a material from which to make razor scales, I have made time to properly document and illustrate the process.

Micarta is really nothing...