Lathe Way Felt

[Roger Williams 2Participant @rogerwilliams2]

Hello all, Ive no idea if this person has been recommended as a supplier of wiper felt so I thought I would mention them. Their ebay username is – soj924h . An A4 by 6mm sheet is £3.50. Seems a fair buy to me. Cheers.

[Roger Williams 2Participant @rogerwilliams2]

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Very handy, thanks for that

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[BikepeteParticipant @bikepete]

Link

[Russ BParticipant @russb]

I've ordered a sheet, thanks for the tip.

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

Buy felt cheap by the metre from any small shop selling only cloths and cotton.

[IanTParticipant @iant]

A few years back I needed to make new felt wipers for my shaper – and looked into sources of "felt".

It turned out there are a few kinds – but the general wisdom seemed to be that the sort I required was best described as "hard" felt (as opposed to the "soft" felt used by milliners for hats & other similar crafts). I cannot remember all the details now but I eventually purchased several 12" square sheets (in various thicknesses) of "oil-retaining" hard felt from a company specialising in classic car maintenance – where hard felt is used in some oil seals & bearings. It wasn't that expensive that I recall and I still have plenty of it left….

This particular felt may be just the job but I thought I'd mention that there are different kinds of 'felt' and that some may be better than others for our uses…

Regards,

IanT

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Product used is a hard wool felt, this type of stuff

http://www.britishfelt.com/product-category/industrial-felt/white-40-density-firm-felt/

[Rod RenshawParticipant @rodrenshaw28584]

Felt as used by chiropodists can also be used, available from the web -or even from a friendly chiropodist when they get back to work..

Rod

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

Looks as if people have bought up the entire stock as it isn't listed anymore!

Too late as usual,

Andrew.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Well the link is three years old… zombie thread!

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

An old trilby hat would do

3M do a product called White Scotchbrite, it is felt, no abrasives in it, probably designed for use with lapping compound.

Edited By old mart on 24/05/2020 16:20:56

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