[pianotech] Cutting Felt

[Noah Frere]

Thanks all. I got a 45 mm KAI blade for $16 and cutting mat. The
sandpaper/felt to straight-edge sounds solid, although one of the reasons i
wanted the Rotary cutter was to cut odd shapes, like understring felt.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft <
AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Gordon, Klingspor's Woodworking Shop sell the sandpaper with a sticky
> back in strips. Remove the backing and stick it onto you straight edge.
> Works great.
>
> Al
>
>
>  *From:* Gordon Holley <downbeat237 at verizon.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 27, 2009 1:27 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Cutting Felt
>
> Willem, there was no direction to glue the sandpaper onto the square, one
> would use double sided tape; and the sandpaper doesn't give off any residue.
>
> Regards, Gordon
>
>
> Feb 27, 2009 12:23:31 AM, pianotech at ptg.org wrote:
>
> Instead of gluing sandpaper to the ruler, glue a piece of felt to the
> ruler. The felt doesn't give off any residue, and grabs the other felt much
> better than sandpaper.
>
> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> Mililani, Oahu, HI
> 808-349-2943
> Author of:
> The Business of Piano Tuning
> available from Potter Press
> www.pianotuning.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon Holley <downbeat237 at verizon.net>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 4:44 pm
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Cutting Felt
>
>  And, to insure a perfect straight cut on the board as you cut the felt.
> Take a small steel square, turn one flat side up, take fairly large grit
> sand paper and cut a length about 1/2" wide X 12" long, use double sided
> tape and tape the sand paper to the one side of the square.  Now when you
> have your felt ready to cut, lay the square with the sand paper side down on
> the felt on the line you wish to cut.  Using the rotary cutter, lined with
> the wheel against the leg of the square, the felt WILL NOT creep or move as
> you cut.  I've used the method for some time and always get great cuts with
> straight lines.
> Regards, Gordon Holley, Associate, Indiana Chapter 467
>
>
> Feb 26, 2009 03:38:55 PM, pianotech at ptg.org wrote:
>
> Get the rotary cutter. Not to take business away from our vendors, but you
> might be able to find one at a fabric store. Be sure to also get the pad on
> which to cut the felt. it gives you a nice flat, clean surface that won't
> dull the blade.
>
> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> Mililani, Oahu, HI
> 808-349-2943
> Author of:
> The Business of Piano Tuning
> available from Potter Press
> www.pianotuning.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noah Frere <noahfrere at gmail.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:29 am
> Subject: [pianotech] Cutting Felt
>
> This may be mundane, but I haven't cut *too *much felt yet. Going into
> this rebuild I see I'll need to cut quite a bit, and almost ordered the
> Rotary pizza wheel from Pianotek. But, I looked into hardware stores
> instead, to no avail. Then I thought I can just use scissors. But *then *I'd
> need to buy nice scissors anyway. I feel like potentially the Rotary cutter
> will be the easiest, most fun method. Any takers?
>
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