<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First of all, I have another = question: why use backing felt/cloth at all? You don't state if your question refers to vertical or grand dampers. When I build vertical = dampers, I felt the backs - you could do the other side the same way for felt/cloth = backing material. I cut new wooden backs and simply glue the felt to the wood = first, then cut the composite (felt + wood) on the bandsaw. If you are trying = to do grand dampers, then this idea wouldn't work. But again, why use backing felt/cloth?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:032e01c5bc4d$25ae70e0$0201a8c0@FARRELL" align=baseline = border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Michael Gamble" </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Anyone got any bright ideas on how = to cut cloth (or felt) in really parallel<BR>> strips and at a specific = width for use on damper backing? The original was<BR>> indeed cloth, not felt, = the weave is plain to see at the sides. I have a<BR>> "roller" type = knife, one of those rubbery green mats (a large one) marked<BR>> out in small = squares, and a long straight-edge used for key-levelling. The<BR>> problem is to = stop the felt from shifting under the knife! (don't we all?)<BR>> = Regards<BR>> Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>