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Post by mr swarf on Jul 6, 2018 18:24:42 GMT
I was having a clean up on my Myford & noticed I could really do with a new felt wiper. Looked at the Myford site and £9.61 seems a bit steep for a bit of felt. Has anyone made one themselves? If so, did you use any special kind of felt or other material?
Paul
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Post by simplyloco on Jul 6, 2018 18:38:11 GMT
I was having a clean up on my Myford & noticed I could really do with a new felt wiper. Looked at the Myford site and £9.61 seems a bit steep for a bit of felt. Has anyone made one themselves? If so, did you use any special kind of felt or other material? Paul In my view, if I paid that much for it I'd need my head felt! On my EMCO V10P there is provision to lower the shaped piece - i.e. extend the slots in it - and thus make it last another 20 years or so...  John |
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Post by jon38r80 on Jul 6, 2018 22:23:31 GMT
The wipers on my lathes are made of hard all wool felt about an eighth of an inch thick . The trouble is findinding someone who will sell you a small piece. I tried about a year ago from a company near Sheffield for a sample but unlucky. The companies I found sell to manufacturers or or are manufacturers themselves and work in large numbers as you can imagine.
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Post by ettingtonliam on Jul 7, 2018 1:00:19 GMT
I used 6mm felt on my Raglan. I got a piece about 12" square from a company supplying the vintage car enthusiasts, they use it for oil seals apparently. Sorry I can't remember which supplier it was now.
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Post by rrmrd66 on Jul 7, 2018 6:14:46 GMT
I was having a clean up on my Myford & noticed I could really do with a new felt wiper. Looked at the Myford site and £9.61 seems a bit steep for a bit of felt. Has anyone made one themselves? If so, did you use any special kind of felt or other material? Paul Morning Paul
try:
They were most helpful in supplying me some felt for my axle box lubrication pads. They will explain how to avoid their minimum order charge.
Cheers
Malcolm
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Post by baldric on Jul 7, 2018 7:30:08 GMT
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Post by ettingtonliam on Jul 7, 2018 7:50:13 GMT
Well certainly its 2 pieces of felt. Does a Myford have wipers at both ends of the saddle? Worth a phone call to the guy to check if its 2 pieces or 4 pieces you'd be buying. I do tend to Baldric's point of view, if thats a full set, then by the time you've bought a piece of felt and carefully cut it up, it was probably cheaper to buy 'ready made'. Unless you have a use for the rest of the felt that is.
Richard
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Post by mr swarf on Jul 7, 2018 11:59:02 GMT
Thanks for the replies everyone.
The Myford just has one piece of felt at the front of the saddle.
The Ebay listing is for just one piece of felt. The listing show 2 photo's of 2 different sizes, wide & narrow bed.
Malcolm, I'll look into the link you have given, thanks.
Paul
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Post by deverett on Jul 7, 2018 21:43:34 GMT
Home And Workshop Equipment company in Kent (Sidcup I think) used to sell packs of 2 Myford felts for quite a reasonable price. Probably all gone now, but maybe worth a call.
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Post by abby on Jul 9, 2018 21:13:12 GMT
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