[GreenKeys] [External] 28 Felt Pads

[Jones, Douglas W]

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