Quality upright damper felt blocks

[John Dewey]

I use the large size of utility knife that has the blade that you can break
off a section at a time when it gets dull. If you extend the blade most of
its length it is plenty long to reach across the width of the damper strip.
I save one knife for only cutting dampers so it stays quite sharp. I have a
table in my shop topped with vinal floor covering (what now passes for
linoleum) and cut on that.

Subject: Re: Quality upright damper felt blocks


>John,
>Do you use a guillotine cutter or what?  Thanks.
>
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>>
>> >wonder if it's the felt.  Often times the blocks are not "square".  What
>> >felt do you use?
>> >
>>
>> If you buy the blocks as a strip and not precut then cut them yourself
>they
>> are much more square. Cut between block 4 and 5 for the first cut then
>> between 2 and 3 then between 1 and 2 and between 3 and 4. Continue in
>this
>> oattern for the whole strip. This way you have the same amount of felt on
>> each side of the cut and it doesn't pull from one side. You get squares
>not
>> trapazoids (spelleing). I use both ASPCO and Shaff. I get Shaff orders in
>1
>> day but ASPCO takes 2 weeks.
>>
>> John Dewey
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