<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1515" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael, The Archaic said: "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I've watched them at Fletcher = &<BR>Newmans' (many years agone when they were in Covent Garden) cutting = these<BR>strips BY EYE from a bolt of material on a large work bench with a very<BR>sharp = knife. That demands a practiced eye methinks!<FONT face=Arial size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Michael,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>YIKES! It appears Archaism runs rampant = in the UK! Most felt is cut on bandsaws with Knife blades or with fabric cutters = that run on an X-Y, along with a special table, as in the millinery industry. = Cutting by "eye", ain't the way to do it accurately, IMO.</DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>