Hi Jesse. I've never really worked with either but from what I've read UHMW
is more slippery and likely to slide better in the tracks. It certainly was
a challenge to get it clamped down nice and tight in order to make my cuts.
It kept sliding around in the mitre box! Maybe Roger P. will give us the
lowdown on comparison.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:26 PM Jesse Shumaker <
jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nice work Steven.
>
> This is the first time I have heard of UHMW.  Some brief googling (see link
> below) shows that this is similar to HPDE, which I am more familiar with.
>
> https://www.curbellplastics.com/Research-Solutions/Plastic-Properties/HDPE-vs-UHMW
>
>
> I'm curious, how did you decide to use UHMW rather than HDPE?
>
> Thanks,
> Jesse Shumaker
> S/V Zephyr
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:10 PM Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > New UHMW slides on my old GB 6:1 motor lift. Cut the pieces by hand on an
> > old mitre box but had to buy the stock and a 1 1/8" drill bit off Amazon.
> > Also replaced the tackle cover mounts with new UHMW as well. (not shown)
> > Total cost about $50. The motor slides up and down much easier than ever.
> > Just in time for snow!
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