Took some time this evening to try turning some nylatron on my mini lathe. I decided to make a handle for a file cleaning pick I plan to make. I loosely based it off the shape of the handle of the scrapper in the picture but I wanted a little more flare on each end.
Been turning little handles like this with different types of scrap plastic from work using several different 1/4" Oland style tool bits. The white one in the picture is uhmw polyethylene and the dark gray one is the nylatron one I made this evening. I prefer turning the uhmw over the nylatron. The nylatron seemed more grabby and whiskers coming off the cut were much stiffer and I had to stop frequently to clear them off so my hand didn't get "weed whacked". I want to experiment a little more with some tool grind variations to see if I can achieve a smoother surface finish with less ridges and divots.