[GreenKeys] [External] 28 Felt Pads

[Joe Clanin]

Thanks to everyone for the felt advice. This is the sort of information I
was after.

Best,

Joe

On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 8:32 AM Jones, Douglas W <douglas-w-jones at uiowa.edu>
wrote:

> From:  Joe Clanin [macbax1 at gmail.com] -- Wednesday, July 8, 2020 10:30 PM
>
> > Surely NOS felt is hard to come by...
>
> Felt is widely available new.  You can buy it in sheet form.  Various
> grades of felt can be had from many sources.  Look on the McMaster-Carr web
> site for industrial felt.
> -- https://www.mcmaster.com/felt
>
> I admit, I've used a different source.  I have an old high quality felt
> hat.  When I need felt, I start cutting.
>
> To cut felt washers, i've use thin-wall brass tubing with a sharpened
> edge.  Twist the tubing against a block of wood with the felt between to
> cut out a perfect circle the diameter of the tube.  An Xacto knife works
> well for straight line cuts.  Compress the felt against a block of wood
> with a steel ruler, then stroke the knife against the edge of the ruler,
> making multiple light passes.
>
> Complicated shapes are a real nuisance.
>
>          Doug Jones
>          jones at cs.uiowa.edu
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