Misc.

Plastics

DIY attempt to produce powdered plastic capable of reconstituting into a film.
http://www.3dreplicators.com/cgi-bin/cblog/index.php?/archives/488-Chemically-grinding-ABS-scrap.html

All aobut surface treating of plastics to get better bonds - corona treating and flame treating.
http://www.idspackaging.com/Common/Paper/Paper_177/Corona%20Treatment-%20A%20Process%20Overview.htm

Polyesther fabric seems to be used by boat builders for abrasion resistance. Dynel and Xynole
http://messing-about.com/forums/topic/3179-xynole-polyester-vs-fiberglass/
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/07/howto/skin/index.htm

A sintering experiment (although its mixed with carbon nanotubes there is a still stuff to be learned)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729696/
Making HDPE sheet from mlk bottles Creating HDPE blocks

Conversion of Shore D Hardness to Rockerwell R Hardness
http://www.matweb.com/reference/shore-hardness.aspx

Equipment

http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/MonkeyWiki/Equipment_Overview


Kite Design for engineering nuts - Ph.D thesis. Has some reference to other analysis for kite design.
http://www.lr.tudelft.nl//fileadmin/Faculteit/LR/Organisatie/Afdelingen_en_Leerstoelen/Afdeling_AEWE/Applied_Sustainable_Science_Engineering_and_Technology/Publications/doc/Thesis_Jeroen_Breukels_Compressed.pdf

Retro article on Splines  but gives an accessible derivation and algorithm. I like it because it works with a parametised curve so you could use it to create closed curves.

http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/2/181.full.pdf