Lathe Way Felt

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.

Very handy, thanks for that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Too late as usual,

Andrew.

Well the link is three years old... zombie thread!

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