Bakelite Die Service

Bakelite is an early plastic, developed at the start of the 20th century. It was one of the first synthetic plastics ever to be produced. All those beautiful old radios that you see for sale in antique stores are most likely made from Bakelite. Also made from Bakelite was a lot of electrical appliances such as light switches, telephones, and also wire insulation. The reason why it worked so well was it's high resistance - not only to electricity, but to heat and chemical action.

In this Instructable I will be restoring some old light light switches. I rescued these from an old shearing shed near where we go camping. We had been camping in the area for over 20 years and the shed has deteriorated so much that it wont be long until someone decides to tear it down.